The Call Family

For Avery’s birthday her grandma Call gave her dance clothes and a summer of dance lessons. Avery has been so excited. Her first day was a couple weeks ago. This is her right before we left the house.

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The dance class is called ‘Fairytale Ballet’. Every other week they focus on a different princess and learn to dance as she does. The first two weeks were spent on Belle from Beauty and the Beast. The teacher began class by gathering the girls in a circle around her Beauty and the Beast book, recounting the story. They worked on stretching and then began learning some basic ballet moves. Avery was very nervous and would not dance unless I was out there with her, and even then she did not participate well. Before leaving, her teacher suggested Avery bring a friend the next week if we thought it would help her feel more comfortable. Avery decided to invite her cousin, Sadie.

Last week Avery and Sadie danced so beautifully! Avery participated much more than the previous week but was still distracted by me and Kaden being there. We decided that for her next lesson I am going to drop her off and come back for her after the class is over. Hopefully she will participate even more that way.

The next princess they are focusing on is Ariel from The Little Mermaid. Ariel is Avery’s favorite so she is super excited!