Tiny Dancer

Sloane started her first dance class this summer. It is a ballet/tap dance combo class for two and three year olds. She gets to wear leotards, tutus, ballet, and tap shoes. I love getting her dressed up in those cute outfits. The first class didn't go so well. The moms can't go in with their children. We just let their teacher pick them up in the waiting room and then watch them through a window. It might be better if the kids couldn't also see us through that window, at least in Sloane's class anyway. Sloane cried for me most of the first class and there was very little dancing done. But, at the end of class, the kids get a stamp on their hand and a lollipop. Sold! The next class there were no tears and Sloane was arabesque-ing with the rest of the class. She is so cute dancing out there. What she lacks in gracefulness (not sure if it's her age, or something inherited from me) she makes up for in eagerness. She really stomps out her foot when it is time for tap. I might want to get her in an Irish step dancing class.