Dance class

Today was Emma's first day in dance class. Overall it went very well and I think she had fun. It was a hurried morning trying to get her ready and to class on time, so I didn't get any pictures before we left. Once we got there, it was chaotic with parents and kids everywhere, so I didn't get any before class. Parents aren't allowed in the room during the class, but I was able to watch Emma through a mirror/window combination that allows the parents to see the kids but the kids just see a mirror.

The first 15 minutes of class was spent stretching, and you can imagine how impressed Emma was with that! She just rolled around on the floor, not really participating in the stretching. Then she really started to get upset. I could just imagine her thinking to herself "Mommy said we were going to dance, well this isn't dancing and I'm done!" Thankfully they stopped stretching and started dancing about that time. First they all got butterfly wings to wear. They were supposed to follow the instructor around the room in a line, doing certain ballet moves, but it was mostly a toddler-wearing-butterfly-wings free for all, with the kids dancing all around the room. Emma loved it!

They eventually changed shoes and put on their tap shoes. Emma didn't really get the heel and toe tapping, but we'll work on it. She mostly kicked the wall or just jumped on both feet, but she was having fun. There were a few times when the two instructors lined the kids up against the wall and then did some individual instruction with each kid. Emma didn't really like waiting again the wall, and I think they had to set her back again the wall about 30 times, but she'll learn. I hope we can play dance class at home and now that I've seen the class I can help prepare her for the next one and hopefully she'll listen a little better.

Towards the end I knew she was getting very tired, because she started laying down on the floor! Poor girl, she was up late and still isn't eating much for breakfast these days. After the class it was parents and kids everywhere again, and we had to stop at the grocery store, so I didn't get a picture until until we got home. She was more interested in her sucker from HEB than helping to make the picture cute, so this is what I got. Maybe next time I'll be able to get something cute!












Also, I finally posted the 30 month update. I posted it under 6/28/10 so that it's in the right date order on the blog, but here is a quick link if you want to read it: http://babypoots.blogspot.com/2010/06/emma-is-30-months-old.html