Ella first year of dance has just about come to an end. She absolutely loved it at the beginning. Then she went through a stretch where she wasn't too excited about it. She always went and seemed to enjoy it while she was there, but didn't really want to go. I think she kind of got bored with doing the same thing EVERY week for nine months. I won't lie, I think I would have been bored too. However about a month ago I brought the video camera with me and video taped her 2 recital dances so she could watch them on TV and "practice". Since then we live and breath "YES I CAN" (her tap song). She is constantly singing or dancing around the house. I'm pretty sure that for the majority of the time at least somebody in our house has this song stuck in their head! Needless to say this totally changed the game. Now she LOVES dance again. She has memorized the entire dance and is SO excited for her "big show". After all the months that we lived and breathed hockey all winter, it is definitely Ella's turn to be in the spotlight and she is eating it up!
The ultimate however was last week when the teachers asked Ella if she could stand in the front of the class and be the leader. At first she was very nervous. She started chewing on her skirt, her hands, just about anything she could get in her mouth. "Oh Oh I thought, this is not going to go well". But she did great and she was so proud that she was the leader. This is a big step for Ella who is very shy in front of people. Hopefully she will do just as well at her recital! She has really excelled at dance. Even the teacher once committed that it was unusual for a child Ella's age to be able to balance so long on one leg! It's hard to see, but this is a picture of Ella being the leader.
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