The Nutcracker

A few weeks ago Samantha and I had a girlie date with friends to go see the Nutcracker at the Arlington Theatre. 

 

 

 

First stop, lunch at Petros.

 

 

At just two years old, it was Lila's first time to the ballet.

 

 

 

I heard some whispers between Reese and Samantha wondering when Barbie Nutcracker was going to appear as well as a reference to Princess Jasmine and Aladdin during the Arabian dance performance.  Thus, the Nutcracker storyline is not entirely understood yet but we had great seats and the girls did a pretty good job of making it through the entire show although I think little Lila fell asleep.

A fun afternoon that we've done two years in a row now. 

Ballet, again.

Samantha has been asking me daily to take dance lessons, specifically Hip Hop.  And when she is not asking to take Hip Hop, she is asking to take gymnastics.  I can't find any class that isn't during her nap time or while she is in preschool, so the next best thing is to do ballet again.   

 

More Ballet

I enrolled Samantha in the summer dance program at Gustafson Dance. It is a little more structured/strict than the last program (dress code requirement of pink leotard, pink tights and hair pulled back) and parents are only allowed to observe the first and last class. Samantha did really well and loved having her friends Fallon, Isabella and Reese in her class.

Ballet

Samantha had her very first ballet lesson on Tuesday and it was ADORABLE! She had been wearing her ballet shoes all week in anticipation of the big day. I have been anticipating this day too since the day I found out I was pregnant with a girl.

It is a small class with just two other friends, Fallon and Sienna. They all did a pretty good job of following the instructor for the first half of class but towards the end the 2-year-old attention span (or lack there of) became apparent and they all seemed to be doing their own style of dance. I think all three girls could have been standing there doing nothing and us parents would have been impressed. We all snapped tons of pictures and were so proud of our little ballerina's.

Before

After!!!! My little Swan :)