This fall/winter, Reece started dance for the first time. We have a lady in our ward who was in ballet for a long time, and she offered to teach classes for free to ward members, along with some other ladies. For 'payment', we all had to put in time helping in the nursery while moms were helping with dance classes, as well as helping with costumes (which I was in charge of and I totally blame for putting me into labor early!)
It was the perfect situation for Reece. She is just barely three, and I didn't really want to pay for her to take dance at her age. This is a great way to get her involved and learning how to interact with other kids and listen to a teacher, as well as do something she loves: dance!
Her little class was aged 2-4 year olds, and they did a little mouse dance from the Nutcracker. Miss Natalie was the King mouse, and it was so cute to watch all of them.
Reece was certainly the star of the show! She had everyone laughing before we even started, while taking pictures. She just kept saying 'cheese' and holding it forever while we tried to get all three classes situated for pictures. I guess you can tell that we like to take pictures around these parts!
She knew her dance really well! I was a little worried her back would be to use the entire time, because during her dress rehearsal, she just looked up at her teacher and didn't look out at the audience at all. But she had no trouble doing her dance, and was super excited to do it! When it was over, all of the mice were supposed to go off stage, but Reece stayed up there by herself to take a few extra bows alone. It was hilarious! She is a natural born performer - a true Stewart trait!
It was a great experience for her, and we're excited for her to do it again in the spring!
With Mommy before the show - she thought she was pretty special putting makeup on!
With the other baby mice
All of the girls in the three classes (I cut out and individually bagged almost all of those costumes! Note to self: big projects = labor!)
Reece with her flowers after her performance
3 comments:
so so cute! she is adorable! those costumes look great too.
Oh my goodness. That was one of the cutest things ever! Reece had me laughing the whole time. "I hear the clock!" And then her endless bows at the end. She is a natural born star!!! That girl belongs on stage!
Funniest thing ever! I've laughed a few times since then! Endless bows! Makes her gramz proud! She surely is beautiful!
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