Ella stayed with Nanny and Papa so that Mommy and Daddy could both be fully "present" for Sycely's first ballet class, which turned out to be pretty entertaining even for the audience. When we arrived Sycely's teacher Miss Theresa got all the girls into their shoes and trimmed their strings to be the right length. Then she took them into the studio for a tour. Sycely waited about 2 and a half seconds before stating to her teacher, "Look at me, this is how you do a pirouette" (Mommy later apologized to Miss Theresa for being taught basic ballet skills by an untrained chatty 3 year old. Turns out Miss Theresa, like everyone else thought it was actually pretty cute.)
There were 6 girls in her class, all of which were 4 or 5, other than Sycely of course, so her usual tiny-ness was intensified by the fact that she was surrounded by girls a whole year to two years aolder than her. Skills like galloping, jumping and hopping hurdles sure can be a hoot to watch when your girls two heads shorter and two years younger than everyone else! They did one activitiy called "speed bumps" where they were hopping over foam tubes where the teacher actually used one tube instead of three for poor little Sycely-three tubes were almost as tall as her whole little self!
Sycely had a blast and LOVED every minute. She did a great job listening and following her teacher (sometimes serving as a miniature shadow). They did lots of different activities soem with crowns and long scarves, some with cat ears (Sycely's favorite- the tiger dance), "ballerina dolls" and one where they "turned into butterflies" and some good ol' favorites like "I'm a little teapot."
As expected, Sycely was happy as a clam, loved her teacher and enjoyed her first class immensely. Miss Theresa was as amazing in person as she was in recommendations from all those other moms. Sycely can't wait for this week's class.
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"Sycely looks very pretty in her ballet dress."--Sissy
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