A Princess Ballerina

Ellie recently got her first ballet lesson.  We went to our neighborhood ballet place, who put on an hour and a half princess ballet class.  This class was focused on Sleeping Beauty.  Her class learned ballet poses and moves, made princess visors, read stories about Sleeping Beauty and danced to music from the movie.

I was super proud of Ellie.  She wasn't shy in her class at all.  She paid attention, was a good listener, and even stayed up on her tip toes for a good part of the class.  I even got to see her do a solo complete with spins and twirls.  We may have to enroll her in dance class for real, if only to see her in a tutu more often.

Listening to instructions

Holding hands and learning the positions

More learning...please note the sparkly dresses on the wall.  All the ballerinas got to put these on at the end during their solos.  Ellie was pretty excited about that dress.

Tip toes

Standing with her friend Maeve after class with the visors they made.  Neither girl would pose of course, but I snapped away.