First Dance Class

On Wednesday night, HG must have woken up no less than four times- “I wanna sleep with Mommy!” We put her back in bed each time with reminders that Friday was the Mommy slumber party night and that we had to go to work on Thursday. Zzzzz. Well, on Thursday morning, she was a bear to get up, fell asleep in the car on the way to Grandma’s, and dozed in her recliner until she took herself to Grandma’s bed where she slept almost all morning until lunchtime. I was a nervous wreck at work, and when Grandma called early afternoon to say that she was awake and eating lunch but complaining that her ear was “ow-y,” I packed up my stuff and headed to meet them at the pediatrician’s office. The diagnosis:  Two ear infections (right was really bad, left was almost as bad), red throat, mild fever. Poor baby! She fell asleep on the way home, and we moved to her to the couch. She slept there until I woke her up around 8:30 for medicine and milk, and she went back to sleep and slept all night til 6:30 a.m. I was again a nervous wreck because Friday brought her FIRST DANCE CLASS. I didn’t want her to miss out on the fun with Ann Maxwell.

Well, the child got her daddy’s stamina and rallied Friday morning. She initially fussed she didn’t want to go to ballet class, but a few hours later, she was dressed in her tutu and demanding to leave the house to go to class right then…45 mins early. So we took the reallllly long way there, and she was giddy when we arrived. Ballet was first, then tap, and finally gymnastics.

HG was excited to go into the dance room but wanted me to go with her at first. There was just one little girl there with us when we got started, and we introduced ourselves and sang the little welcome song. Then the music started and HG got moving, and I was able to slip out the door. One more little girl and also Ann Maxwell soon arrived. Totally out of character, AM was very shy, and it took some coaxing to get her into the classroom. Once she warmed up though, man, she was on fire! It was so cute to see these two little twinkies having a blast!

Ready to start! After tap and on their way to gymnastics Loooves her ballet shoes stamps (she had a hissy fit when they all but washed off in the shower last night…remind me to find some ballet stamps next time I’m at Hobby Lobby)Showing us some of their new moves  

I took this video through the door, and you can hear Ann Maxwell and Emmaline throughout some of it. I sent AM into the room with my camera, and when she saw the tapping, she decided she wanted to jump in. Emmaline was soooo jealous and wanted to dance sooo bad. HG says her favorite part was tap, which is no surprise. :)

Afterward, we met the Eldreds and Carters for lunch at Newks, where the kids outnumbered the grownups. What were we thinking?!?! It probably wasn’t fun for the people sitting around us, but we laughed and shook our heads at our motley crew and really enjoyed it. What a fun day!!

L to R:  Emmaline, Emily, Melissa, Lawson, Samuel, Ashley, Wynn, AM, HG Wynn, Samuel, Lawson, Ann Maxwell, Emmaline, Helen Grace