My Little Ballerina

Today was Claire's first day of dance class. I'll tell you, 3 o'clock couldn't come fast enough! Boy was she excited! She looked so grown up in her pink leotard (she insisted that hers had a skirt), tights, and ballet shoes. It's still so hard to believe that my baby is old enough to be taking dance. The class was great though... a very sweet and experienced teacher, four little 3 year old girls (Claire was the youngest), and friendly parents as well. We all came armed with our cameras and the teacher was nice enough to let us take pictures before the class started. Guess it was obvious that we were all excited too! Two of the little ones cried when their parents left the room, but not Claire! She'd been waiting for this day for months and was more than ready. The studio has a viewing room where we can see the girls, but they can't see us. Not sure that they'll let us peek in every week, but it was great getting to be "a fly on the wall" during their first night. Claire and I are both ready to go back next week!

Here are just a few of the many pictures that I took today!

Dressed and ready to go

Already performing and we haven't even left the house!