Sarah goes for Ballet Classes

Our precocious Sarah has been bugging mommy since 2009 to bring her to ballet classes after she saw pictures of ballerinas, and watched little girls in a ballet class. Our Sarah is physically very dexterous and adventurous. She started playing with slides when she was 1 year old, climbed structures when she was a year and a half and could do interesting flips with her body. Well, before mommy decided to look around for a class, she had to do an assignment. Mommy was commissioned by Daddy to research on the origins and history of Ballet. That little research yielded some interesting finds - from ballet being a sort of pantomime, to it being an art performed by the aristocrats in the past,  to ballerinas dancing with full wigs and costumes of their era to modern ballet formalized into a discipline. Mommy hopes that Sarah gets to learn how to channel her ever-bursting energy into controlled forms of discipline, but mostly, for her to enjoy playing and learning in a formalized setting with other girls.

Sarah and mommy thoroughly enjoyed the 1st lesson. There was show and tell at the beginning of the lesson, there was a simple routine of leg raises and hand movement and there was lots of imaginative play along with classical music pipping in the background, What mommy enjoyed was the jolly, kind hearted teacher who loves the little girls ; who speaks kindly to them and allows for the occasional sheep to wander in her pastures and daydreams.

Mother's Confession: It is really so special and exciting to see your little baby grow up and be able to listen and follow instructions. I now totally understand the anxious mothers who loiter around the kindergarten classroom windows on the 1st day of school, peering and giggling at every action their child does, much to the irritation of the teacher. Haha...not to mention, taking pictures like a paparazzi.