more ballet

madelyn was really excited to be going to ballet class this week. it is a challenge to get us there on time. besides the normal get everyone dressed and out the door madness there is little to no parking near the dance studio.

i didn't bring the stroller this week as an experiment to see if mason would be quieter (he fussed in the stroller towards the end of class last week). he loved it! he was so good. we will definitely try this again next week. i had to hold him a little bit when he started crying inexplicably while i was standing up to try and see madelyn through the doorway (the video gets a little wobbly there).

madleyn was in a particularly talkative mood for class and was cracking up all the parents sitting in the lobby - because of the open concept we can hear everything (pretty much everything you hear in the videos that isn't the teacher is madelyn). i tried to get some video over the heads of the folks that stand directly in the doorway because madelyn was the 'line leader' this week. she keeps getting distracted by her own reflection in, what i am assuming is, a mirrored wall and by seeing me watching (i missed it with the video, but madelyn was announcing, "i can see my mommy!" over and over until i quickly took a seat so that she couldn't).

this one is of them practicing position number one. madelyn is upset that she can't see herself in the mirror because she is at the front of the line.

in hope you enjoyed the peek into her class. love.