Another dancer in the house...

Let me start by going back to this past Monday night... Liliana was getting dressed for her dance class and couldn't find her dance suit. Reason being... Ava was in another room putting it on. Liliana had to convince Ava to take off the dance suit so she could put it on. Poor little Ava so badly wanted to go with Liliana to class and dance! All she kept saying in her sad little cry voice was "Me go dance class get big"! When it was time to pick Liliana up after class Ava came with me. While waiting for Liliana to get out of class, Ava decided to twirl in the hallway! The secretary decided to ask Ava if she liked to dance. So that of course started the sad face and the "me go dance class get big" line over and over again! The secretary of course jumped on that opportunity to tell me about a mommy and me dance class that I could put Ava in. The class was on Friday mornings...

So this brings me to today (Friday morning)...

Ava for the last few days has asked every morning if it was time to go to dance class! She was beyond excited when this morning came and I answered her question with "yes its time for dance class"! She let me do her hair in ponytails and dress her in her dance outfit! After dropping Dillon off at preschool, we headed to class. Its a short ride but not short enough... Ava impatiently kept asking "at dance school yet?" When we arrived we waited for the teacher to open the door. The whole time Ava told the secretary (same one from Monday night) all about "dance school and her big now"! The door opened and in Ava ran! Once the teacher closed the door the shy button was pushed! Ava was trying to sit on my lap and kept saying "mommy" over and over again! After about 10 minutes of warmup activities Ava was dancing across the floor and not so worried about where I was. It was nice to see her get used to that environment so quickly! Her teacher is super duper friendly so that helped ALOT! She liked the class and teacher so much that when class was over Ava began to get upset and kept saying "No me more dance no go home". After the teacher convinced Ava class was over we walked out to the hallway. At that point, the teacher informed me that Ava technically was too old for this current class BUT Ava definately needs to be in it for the next 1 1/2 months to get warmed up. I guess the class above this class is for students ages 2-3 yrs old. They do the exact same warmups and dance steps as the mommy and me class though. The only difference is that the older class actually does a dance routine in the recital! So once November rolls around, as long as at that point Ava is ready, she will move up to the older class! I have no issues with her moving up as long as she can handle me not being in the class with her! Anyway, for now I will enjoy my "mommy and Ava" time for the next month and half! I am so glad she had fun and liked the class.