We are so busy these days. I started helping at a Christian dance studio in our Parish called Leap of Faith. In exchange for my help, Everly is taking her first dance class for free! I know... she's only 20 months old--we've thought about taking her out and doing it next year, but she seems to like it, after she gets over crying when Mommy leaves. The first night we went she was a champ, but her babysitter Emma was there that night helping and she doesn't anymore. The second time Mommy didn't make it back to her room right away and she cried until I got there. The third time there were other babies already crying when we got there, so needless to say she cried and I stayed for a while hoping that she would get into it, especially when they started Tumbling, cause that's her favorite! She can now do a somersault all by herself on our bed! :) very proud.
So, last week we decided I should just drop her off and leave. Her teacher Hope took her and told us that after about 5 minutes of crying she was having fun, pointing her toes and everything! So, we've decided to keep taking her- I help with 11-13 year olds during her class so it all works out. I also go another night to help with the Competition Team and am going to start dancing Modern with some of the older girls. So, it's been fun, a little hectic, and just taking some time to get used to the studio and how things are run.
I didn't grow up in a dance studio so it's all kinda new--we've already done 2 fundraisers! Today was the second-a fashion show and the girls got to go to a local dance store and pick dance attire to model. The moms made a bunch of food that the older girls served before the show started, and Everly modeled a pink tutu! After waiting with all the girls for her turn, she was crying for her mom, but she did a great job walking the runway with Grace, an older girl. Here's a pictures of our little dancer and I put a video on YouTube--check out our new video bar on the left-pretty nifty! :)
