Yesterday a sister was asking me if Ellie was as involved/busy this year with dance as she was last year. I immediately said no. She is not doing jazz and she is not doing gymnastics. She is only doing ballet this fall, by her own choice. Whew! Then I thought about it for a second. She has ballet 5 one day for ninety minutes. And pre-pointe ballet for an hour another day. And come to think of it, she has three hours of Nutcracker ballet practice every Saturday, for going on two months now, with a couple more months to go. So, I guess she actually has five and half hours of ballet a week. Yep, I think that's a lot for girl who is "just" taking ballet this fall!!
But, she loves it and has a great attitude about it this year. Did I mention she chose to do just ballet and not jazz or gymnastics? I was shocked, but silently very happy!!
But, she loves it and has a great attitude about it this year. Did I mention she chose to do just ballet and not jazz or gymnastics? I was shocked, but silently very happy!!
Here she is showing a pose from each of her three Nutcracker roles: An angel who leads Clara into her dream, a Candy Cane (the Russian dance), and the snake charmer (the Arabian dance).
She also keeps busy this fall learning to play the flute three early mornings a week with the school band program, and she has Activity Days a couple of times a month. For now, we'll take this schedule for her....it's more calm than last year, and likely won't last.....so we'll savor it while we can!!
She also keeps busy this fall learning to play the flute three early mornings a week with the school band program, and she has Activity Days a couple of times a month. For now, we'll take this schedule for her....it's more calm than last year, and likely won't last.....so we'll savor it while we can!!
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