Emma's Recital 2010

Emma and her Ballerina Buddy, Paige!

With Miss Karen

Our Ballerina is the center one

I interupt this Disney trip for some Ballet!

Our little ballerina had her first recital this weekend. She did awesome and we couldn't be more proud of her. My mommy goggles might be 3 feet think but I think she looked beautiful in her costume.

Emma is in the way back of this photo from the dress rehearsal

Now for the show!
Sorry for the poor picture quality.

Emma's arabesque. She said that when you do an arabesque you need to look at the pretend diamond on your hand. So sweet!

The performance...

We are taking the summer off from ballet but Emma said she would like to continue in the fall. She really does enjoy it. You can tell how much she truly enjoys it from the way she jumps up and down at the end of her dance. I am so happy that Josh signed her and I up for that Mommy and Me class last Mother's Day. You're the best, Josh!


Thanks for stopping by. More Disney to come!

Emma is a Dancing Diaper no more

Emma had her last dancing diaper class (AKA Mommy and Me class) yesterday. She will begin the preschool class in September and the parents have to wait outside. Since this was my last opportunity to take some videos of the class, I took a bunch. Enjoy!

Stretching



Ballet Bar


Dancing


Princesses


I'm a Little Teapot


Twinkle Twinkle



Doggy in the Window



In The Gym



That was alot of work to post, whew!

Videos

I finally connected my camera to my computer, yeah! Here are some videos from this month for your viewing pleasure.




Ethan has rolled over a few times and we are yet to catch it on video. Here is how Emma is trying to help:



Here is Emma practicing some of her ballet. Excuse the messy hair. It was a little bit of bed head action.



Finally here is Emma just being Emma:

More Ballet Yesterday

Emma is still taking ballet class. She really enjoys it so we signed her up for the summer session and will continue in the fall. She is still in the Mommy and Me class but in the fall she will be in the preschool level and moms can't go in. Josh joined us for this class and became our photographer.

Stretching on her Magic Carpet

Emma and Naomi had a sweet little moment this week

Ethan is just trilled to go to ballet, can't you tell?

The second half od the class is gymnastics. Pictured above is Emma's favorite thing to do in gymnastics.

Running down the Tumble Track

Fun with Ethan before Bed.

Thanks for looking!

Back from Ballet

Waiting on her Magic Carpet

We had our second ballet/gymnastics class today. Emma did awesome. She stretched well following Miss Karen's instructions and then she ran around for a while. The cutest part is when all the mommas sit against the mirrors and the girls dance to Teddy Bear Teddy Bear. After the dance the girls all run to their mom's for hugs. It is really cute. Here are the pics of our little ballerina.

Stretching on the Bar

Practicing Tip Toe walk

Teddy Bear Teddy Bear

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear shine your shoes

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear say your prayers

The Famous Tumble Track

Thanks for visiting again. I will try to get some Ethan pics up later today.

Mother's Day and Ballet

Mother's day was this past weekend. I had a really nice day. Josh proved he isn't always a meany and got me a super thoughtful gift. It is 6 weeks of ballet/gymnastics classes with Emma. We went to our first class on Tuesday, more on that later.

Lauren had us over for brunch that morning. It turned more into lunch by the time mom showed up but it was still delicious. Lauren gave me a picture of Ethan to add to our wall. He has some catching up to do with Emma pictures.

Later that day we went to Nanny and Grampy's for dinner. We had fun playing ball in the yard while Ethan rested a bit.

Tuesday, as I mentioned, was Emma's first ballet class. It is half ballet and half gymnastics. She really enjoyed it. I will have to take some pictures next time. During the ballet half the girls stretch and practice 5 ballet positions. They also got to stretch on the bar, so cute! Then they danced to a few songs like Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear and I'm a Little Teapot. For the gymnastics portion there are centers set up and the girls just run around trying everything out. Emma loved the tumble track the best. It is like a long trampoline so the girls took turns running and jumping down it. All in all it was great! Thanks Daddy!