Little Ballerina

Kaylee started her ballet & tap class last Monday (2/13) and so far has had a great time! The parents aren't allowed to stay in the room to watch - too distracting - so I was out in the car reading a book during her first class. I saw some parents heading to the building but was a few sentences away from the end of a chapter so I finished that before heading in. When I got there, Kaylee was on the verge of crying! Not because I wasn't there already (I was not even the last parent there), but because she thought she had ended up with the wrong tap shoes. I assured her those were hers and that we'd put her name on the bottom before the next class (I'd meant to do so beforehand anyway, but forgot until it was time to head out the door that day). So for her class this week, I had written her name on the bottom of her tap and ballet shoes, and also put a sticker on the tap shoes with her name. I stood outside for a few minutes watching them finish the class this week. All the girls were lined up with their backs to the doors, and their tap shoes were behind them. As soon as they were dismissed and turned around, the girls picked up their shoes and went back to their bags. The first thing Kaylee did when she picked up her shoes was turn them over to make sure they were hers! She was excited to see me when I walked in and said she knew they were her shoes this time. Ahh, the little things. These photos are from before her first class.