Prima Ballerina

In April it was the end of Anna's first ballet and tap class. Something she has been wanting to do FOREVER! We went to watch her in "action" and it was so fun to see her in her element. Anna is very precise and perfect in each of her movements. She always has her toes pointed and arms gracefully extended. Even when she is dancing in the living room, which is often it is clear that she could be a natural for ballet. For her age she is incredibly graceful and just feels and moves naturally to the music. Even Randall blocked off a few hours from work to come see her last class.

One of Anna's best friends from her school class Molly was also in the class which made it fun for both of them. A perk for me was that Molly's Mom and I would sit during the hour long class and talk and now we have all become really good friends. Molly's Mom Laura, is now one of my closest friends here. Thank heavens for Ballet!

As one of the last units in school for Kindergarten each student in Anna's class was asked to do a "How To" presentation. Each child had to choose what they would teach, how they would do it, what supplies if any they would need etc. I thought this was so great. I suggested that Anna teach the kids the many ways to eat an Oreo :) but she being smarter than I, decided she would teach the kids how to tap. She made the plan, dressed in her ballet clothes that day and practiced her steps and we even came up with a little routine for her to do for her class. In her report card at the end of school year, her teacher included a special note about how well Anna had done at that and how much fun she had and that she was truly "in her element". I think Anna would be an excellent teacher. She loves to be in charge and make sure that everyone is doing the right thing at the right time. Now that Anna has done this dance class she wants to try gymnastics. I don't mind her trying that to see which she prefers, but I'm pretty sure she will want to go back to being our Prima Ballerina.