Ansley's 1st Ballet Class

We have been talking about ballet for weeks, and Ansley has been super excited. We went and bought our ballet & tap shoes and she just wanted to dance around the house in them. Of course, I wouldn't let her wear the tap shoes around the house, I could just see her using my hardwoods for practice :( 

So, on Tuesday the day finally came where she had her first class. She went dancing into class, ready to have fun and she was doing great until another little girl was freaking out and then she got real timid. I told her it would be fine. They did tap the first half of the class and then they switch to ballet. At some point during the tap portion Ansley flipped out and got upset (I think it was because the same little girl kept going in and out of the dance room and Ansley saw her mom and wanted me). When they came out to get their ballet shoes on I explained to her that I was right outside the door watching her on the TV. But for the rest of class she just sat and watch the other little girls do ballet and only participated a little.

I am hoping next week goes better. She told me in the car that it was hard, and I just explained to her that it is new to everyone and to just try her best. She seems excited now to go back next week, so we will see (she was the same way the first day of swim lessons).

I was able to get some really good pictures of Ansley before we headed off to ballet class. Enjoy!