Ballet video #1

Amelia's class doing ballet exercises.

I forgot to mention in the last post, Amelia was thrilled we were all coming. She let on she had a surprise for us and told me it would be right away during class. Sure enough, Amelia can now do a bridge by herself (lay on her back and push herself up with just her hands and feet). I have video, but it is on the big camera. The likelihood of getting that posted here is unlikely...

Also, not in the video is Gemma. This part isn't about Amelia, but I want to remember it. Gemma comes with me when I/we bring Amelia to dance only occasionally now (last year she always came with). She spends every minute of the dance class working to get herself into the door of the dance class. She wants to be in there so badly!

What ends up happening is she runs toward the open door and I dash to grab her before she interrupts the class (the door is always open). Gemma will either then rush back to the door or pretend to play with a toy just long enough for me to relax and then rush the door again. It is a lot of running.

Anyway, Gemma was overjoyed to finally allowed to be in the room with the dance class. For awhile, she was happy to sit and watch from my lap or standing just next to me. That only lasted for a few minutes and then she wanted to BE with the class. She wanted to dance too. So, we (mostly John) spent the rest of the time grabbing her away from her grasp.