My Little Sunshine

Last week we had the privelege of attending Sophie's Spring Ballet Recital at her pre-school. It would have been hard for me to imagine a year ago that she would not only enjoy ballet (she expressed absolutely no interest at that time), but also that she would actually have learned as much as she has and be able to perform in front of a fairly big crowd without so much as batting an eyelash. One of the best things about her class is that it is fun and laid back, unlike some of the more traditional ballet schools that are a little more high pressure.

Sophie's ballet teacher Miss Meredith was able to cleverly incorporate all of the basic ballet positions into a fun performance of "You are My Sunshine". Given that Sophie was pretty much in motion the whole time, I didn't get a lot of pictures of her in action. I was also just so overwhelmed by it that I wanted to soak it up and not watch it from behind the camera. Plus Eric had the video camera going which better captures the whole experience. Sophie got to lead her class out onto stage with a priceless smile that never left her face until she took her final curtsey.

Here's our trick to keeping Jack quiet during the recital.

Unfortunately we gave him the lollipop a tad prematurely not realizing there were 3 short drama presentations before the ballet portions of the recital. Luckily, I had a stash of other snacks so he enjoyed a smorgasborg of food while watching his sister perform. Sophie's biggest fear was that Jack would charge the stage, and thankfully Grammy was with us to help contain him.

Here's a picture of Sophie with her very proud Grammy and Miss Meredith.