Dance Lessons

Last fall we signed Maddie up for dance lessons at a local dance studio called "Precision." This was her first official go at "lessons" other than swimming and at first I wasn't sure whether it would be a disaster or not. The first few weeks she REALLY struggled with listening to her teacher and would just randomly wander around the room, watching herself in the mirror, or hanging from the ballet bar upside down. Her teacher, Miss Michelle, would pick her up football style every now and again and bring her back to the rest of the class. Each week, after class, she would encourage me to continue bringing Madison to dance and tell me that it went a little better than the previous week. After several weeks of this, I started working much more and therefore I had others taking her to dance lessons for about six weeks.

When I finally made it back to her lessons I was shocked, elated, and thrilled to find that things had "clicked" with my little Maddie. She was standing in line, listening, waiting her turn, and dancing with the rest of the class. Not only that, but she had a big smile on her face the ENTIRE time and came out at the end of class bubbling with excitement about how well she listened to her teacher and proceeded to show me all her stickers she had earned in class. I am so glad we stuck with it and am so proud of my mini ballerina. I have to say that these lessons have helped immensely with her listening skills in an organized group setting and it's neat to see how much she has grown over the last six months. We cannot wait until recital time in May when she gets to dance with her very own daddy!

*fun pictures at dance lessons, courtesy of Jana (a fellow dance mommy)