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Our pretty ballerinas

Jan. 28th | Posted by 22 comments

After reading Debbie Allen’s Dancing in the Wings (totally great book about an empowered little girl – yes, it’s in my bookstore!) the girls really really wanted to learn how to dance.  Spice was actually the keenest, which surprised me, becuase she’s the least coordinated of the two. 

So I took them to a class in September at the studio near our house – and knew right away it wasn’t going to work. They just weren’t ready for it. They weren’t capable of following instructions, or being away from Mommy without having complete meltdowns. Plus, it looked kinda boring. 

But scroll forward four months, and now it’s a different story all together.  The girls were enthused and prepared.  We decided purely on the basis of our schedule to go to a studio downtown (still only a 5 min drive) and we hit the jackpot.  Their teacher is awesome – everything is imagination and ponies and coloured slippers.  Well, you can see they enjoy it!

 

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  1. Robyn

    Nicky, they are adorable. I am so glad they are enjoying their class. Their teacher looks like she has a wonderful way of working with preschoolers. Look out Royal Canadian Ballet company, sugar and spice are on their way. Thanks for posting the video, it made me smile. I will check out Debbie Allen’s book. :) Robyn


  2. hazel

    Too precious and such perfect choices of music. The ending is excellent!

    I can’t wait to drag take Biset to dance classes. And I am TOTALLY going to get that book.


  3. Mary

    They are so sweet! I smiled through out the entire video! It is great!

    Mary


  4. Nicky

    It’s a good book!!!!


  5. jenn

    beautiful!! nothing quite like little girls in tutu’s!! my two big ballerina’s were ohh-ing and ahh-ing over their cuteness…as were my boys…the youngest of whom can still be coerced into a tutu by his big sisters, lol:)

    happy dancing girls!!


  6. Donna

    Too darn cute for words!



  7. Shannon

    Great photo of your girls!


  8. Cheryl Downes

    Adorable!


  9. Dianne

    How wonderful! I was smiling through the entire video! Off to check our that book… :)


  10. Sarah H

    Had to giggle at the little jumps. So cute!


  11. Claire

    I was grinning from ear to ear, too.

    Thanks for cheering me up. It’s great to see what I have to look forward to. :)

    Claire


  12. Jane

    This is sooo cute! I am the grandmother of two Ethiopian babies! Can’t wait until my grandaughter is old enough for tutus and ballet.


  13. Nicky

    Another gramma! My mom will be happy to see that :-)


  14. L. Galloway

    Absolutely adorable. Your daughters are so sweet and that video made my day


  15. Karen

    OMG. That is undoubtedly the cutest thing I’ve seen in a long time!

    Thanks for posting the video.

    Karen


  16. Jennifer G.

    I was almost in tears watching that–that just cracked me up big time! Thanks for posting this Nicky!


  17. Sharla

    super cute and what a difference four months makes!


  18. Karen

    Your girls are SUPER CUTE! Looks like they are in a great class and enjoying it!

    I love how you put that presentation/video together… awesome!


  19. Andrea

    Loved this… thanks for sharing. :-) A



  20. Tracey Larmour

    Priceless!


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