Dance-o-rama

This winter and spring, Charlotte has been tearing up the dance floor at her ballet/tap lessons (a birthday present from Grandma JoJo and Grandpa Spike).  She and her bestie, Shelby, have absolutely loved lacing up their tap shoes each Tuesday morning, and we're going to be really sad next week when Tuesday rolls around without a class to attend.  Before she took this class, Charlotte had always maintained that she didn't NEED to take classes because she already KNEW how to dance, so maybe Charlotte can just open up her own dance studio and teach.  Here are Twinkle Toes and her bestie, ready for action:

Peter insisted on posing for a picture as well, but he refused to hug his buddy (Shelby's little brother, Vince).  So here they are, separately:

Pretty ballerina!

For the final class, the parents were allowed to come in and watch.  Corey even snuck away from work to see the little dancer in action.  Every parent, of course, took a million photos.

The class always starts out with tap.  Here is Charlotte, warming up at the barre:

Whitney, Shelby's little sister, was entranced.

The girls then performed a little routine they have been learning, and it was absolutely darling.  It's really short, so if you are curious to see Charlotte and Shelby in action you can check it out here:



Wiggling!

They were supposed to strike "a really cute pose" at the end of the routine.  Here is each girl's interpretation of that instruction:

Next, the girls put on ballet shoes next and did some ballet exercises.  I'm not sure if they did a ballet routine, because I had to head out with Peter so he could go to his Stretch-n-Grow class (sort of a goofy exercise and creative movement class).  Corey stayed to take some photos though.

Walking on tippy toes across the floor!

Thank you so much for the dance lessons, Grandma JoJo and Grandpa Spike.  It was the perfect birthday present.