I teach a little beginners ballet class for little 3-4 year olds because one of our friends really wanted her daughter to take ballet. I have loved doing it! I have only had two girls, June and Alexis, but since I'm doing this at home, we don't have too much space anyways. I basically move all the furniture out of our living room and use the backs of chairs as the barre. These pictures are all of June as Alexis missed this day. June is showing me 1st position in the above picture.
2nd position
Plie (doesn't she look good? Her alignment is perfect in this picture!)
We practice walking on our toes with our arms in different positions, her arms are in high 5th.
For Christmas, I taught June a little Clara dance from the Nutcracker. she loves being able to dance with a nutcracker. She actually did really well at remembering everything herself until her mom and Tyler came and watched.
Dancing with a nutcracker
Thats all for now...just studying for finals...
We got a Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. It was a wonderful experience, as Tyler and I drove around the beautiful country side of Virginia to get to the Christmas tree farm. I love picking out a tree, it is perhaps one of my favorite Christmas traditions. An old, 80 year old man owned the farm and he was so helpful and kind! He advised us to walk a lot and never sit down, as that was what had made him so healthy. In fact, I would have guessed he was 70 as he looked so good.
I tried to get a shot of the whole room... It almost all fit.
All of our nutcrackers on top of the bookshelf.
A few photos of some of our ornaments.
We tried to get a picture of ourselves in front of the tree.
The view from our apartment building.
Our car with snow on it!!
A snowy Buena Vista.
