OK, Maddie gets the Quote of the day. Madeline started going to all day school this year. She is very tired by the time she gets home. When school started, we signed her up for dance class as well. The class consists of 30min of ballet, 30min of tap, and 30min of tumble on Fridays after school. A tired little girl on Friday afternoon after a long week of school doesn't make a happy dancer. When Maddie asked to be "unsigned up" (that was cute but not the quote of the day) we decided that would be best. She really does like the dance class, the timing was just wrong. Her instructor offered an alternative, the Saturday class. I agreed to talk to Maddie about it. Her instructor said she needed to know by the end of the week because they were ordering costumes for the big annual dance recital. The conversation with Maddie went something like this..."I told your dance teacher that you would not be going to class anymore because you are too tired after school. She asked if you would come on Saturdays instead".
Maddie didn't look that interested at this point.
"Do you think you will want to do that?"
Not really looking at me and a little distracted she says "I don't know, maybe."
I'm a little impatient at this point "Well, your teacher needs to know soon because they are ordering costumes."
Her head slowly turns to me "C-O-S-T-U-M-E-S...I want to be in the Saturday class."
Interesting how a costume can have such an impact on the decision to be in dance class for a 4 year old girl.
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Sorry about that last comment... it was ME that deleted it! I only meant to fix part of it and it got deleted instead... d'oh!
I still wanted to say how wonderful costumes are and that it's so much fun and even if you are 4 years old or 80 years old, you really are never too tired to wear them. You can be anyone you want when you put them on, so much fun!!
I think it's fantastic that she's showing an interest.
The picture is really adorable!
(Hug)
~Michele~
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