not ballet.
annie and talby started taking creative movement class.
it is the best!
of course….they love the leotard and tights thing.
they love ms. jeanne.
they are loving getting to move and run and be creative with their little bodies.
really…what is cuter than 3 year olds in pink leotards?
they were butterflies.
tasting flowers (hula hoops) with their feet.
love this.
and now i will be a sappy emotional girl:
when i saw talby at her first class i had to fight the tears.
to see her joy so visibly was wonderful and sad at the same time.
to see her so happy made me happy to my core that she was there & loving it.
seeing her that happy made me sad i hadn't brought her
into something like this sooner.
i realized how safe she felt here to be a silly, active, happy, wiggly girl.
and how she loved that a grown up would dance silly too!
i was sad that i haven't made a place for this at our house.
at home there are the older kids
who would (most likely) laugh at her if she was rolling around to music.
here she was safe to feel the music and move her body any way she wants.
naturally annie has a great time too.
any place she gets to run wild is a happy place for her.
i was in dance for about 15 years.
this was feeling very familiar…
the music in the studios, teachers voices, the mirrors and bars.
if you like to dance it never goes away.
so maybe we'll do this kind of thing more at home.
away from any windows so we won't embarrass any 13 year olds.
in case someone may drive by and see us.
robin bird - whoops! meant annie’s class not talby’s. olivia is just 1. just a couple more years and she will look like little annie the pink butterfly!
xo
i can hardly wait to post again and show miss olivia to my blogging friends! dang this frustrating connection 🙁
robin bird - hi meg, thanks for your get well wishes for rachel. she is doing much better! i was over here because i was telling rachel about talby’s movement class and she was interested in something like that for Olivia 🙂 these really are adorable. rachel loved them!
xo
Brooke - FUN!! I am so happy to have a “blogger” to look up to! I just started reading your blog yesterday and I am already hooked! Too cute! Anyway…I also took dance all of my life and cannot stop now…my ladies (daughters) and I dance in the car, in the house…basically where there is music we are dancing. This post reminded me of the other day when we were jamming out to some incredible HSM3 song on Radio Disney and my 6 year old asked if I was embarressed when folks looked into our car and thought I was nuts because I was doing jazz hands (you absolutely cannot sing “I Want It All” without jazz hands) and I responded, “Never my dear!!” I then pondered if there were other mothers doing jazz hands while driving down the road in full on Sharpay mode…and thought…well who cares maybe I really am just nuts, but at least my girls love it and we’re having fun! So I say DANCE!!
Candice - I just started reading your blog today, and you made me cry on this one. I too was in dance as a kid, and up to about 5 years ago. I have a daughter a one year old and just hearing your words made me cry, and I am so excited to get my little girl started in dance. Thank you for this one.
Nancy - We do lots of dancing in our house. The kitchen is the dance floor/center stage. I love music and dancing. Hubby and I did a lot of dancing when we were dating. Now our girls dance with us and we love it. Lots of smiles, laughing and silliness going on. Maybe I should consider a disco ball in the kitchen? Crank up the tunes and start moving.
carissa - oh Meg… i love that…
i love your words…
memories…
very special!
my lil bit would LOVE that class!
AND there is nothing cuter than three year olds in pink leotards… precious petunias!
Sandra - Don’t be sad you didn’t think of this sooner, Mommy. They might not have enjoyed it as much earlier. Everything has it’s own time.
Linda@ Restyled Home - What a sweet story and photos…
You’re lucky, when My daughter took creative movement, the mums had to dance along. I felt a littel silly with bunny ears on my head, hopping around…
Amber - I think we all need some creative movement in our daily lives:) Looks like such a fun and free spirited class. I was a dancer growing up so it takes me back.
robin bird - “meg, you know that jean has a class like this for adults, don’t you?
i haven’t gone, but another friend of ours is trying to get people.
i don’t think you have to wear a leotard.
good thing.”
this is apparently a comment from a local friend. i hope you sign up immediately.
XOXOXOX
meghan - we have what we call “dance party usa” in our front room (totally unused superfluous living room). right there in front of the world to see we let loose and dance our booties off. well, me and the boys get crazy, my husband only changes the music depending on our whimsy. our favorite songs are “starry eyed surprise” by oakenfold and “last dollar” by tim mcgraw. dancing is the best mood lifter and energy burner for the little ones!
Suzanne - music to this dancin’ queen’s ears!! i took dance for 15 years too, and it is still the one thing that can turn my mood from gray to bright in seconds…given the right tune of course! annie just started her 5th year of dance thursday, and i love it! at our house, family talent night often finds all of us acting crazy, dancin’ on top of the coffee table and bringing out our inner creative sides…it is truly one of our kid’s favorite things we do together! i hope even as they grow older, we’ll still cherish it!
Art Cant Hurt - Lovely!
Just wiggly and perfect for little and big alike!
Thanks for reminding me I’m not the only mom on earth who occasionally gets a lump in her throat realizing that maybe there was/is “more” that I could be doing….
…we’re human, imperfect and always a work-in-progress.
Just as God intended.
Thanks Meg!!!
Take care!
amy j. - You could always be a “Hoofin’ Mama” with Kristi and GB. 🙂
Shanan - Oh, little pink leotards! How precious is that? Those little girls look like they are having the time of their lives. Thanks for sharing.
Lorilee - Those little girls look enthralled! What a fun class to teach! I have two sons, but the youngest did try tap and jazz in the 3rd grade. Watching “Riverdance” was his inspiration. He didn’t stick with it since he was the only boy in his classes! The girls loved him though! I am now learning to clog!
Blessings,
Lorilee
Steph @ Problem Solvin Mom - How adorable, and how wonderful that there is a class like this for your littelest girls to revel in! I hope I can find a class like this for my daughter in another year or so.
Take care,
Steph
Deb - Sweet!
Jennifer P. - I think all of us with “larger” families with older and younger kids get this feeling. We KNOW what we did with our older kids when they were young, and we’re not doing it with our current young kids, and the older ones seem embarassed by EVERYTHING and there’s just all kinds of guilt going on!!! I’m so glad that you found a way to make everything work. I hope they keep loving their class!
And I’ve been on blogcation for the past week, but I’m all caught up on your posts now. You know I loved every single one of them:)!
Happy late Anniversary!
kristin - meg, you know that jean has a class like this for adults, don’t you?
i haven’t gone, but another friend of ours is trying to get people.
i don’t think you have to wear a leotard.
good thing.
can’t wait to show e the pictures.
lee ann - They are all so stinkin’ cute! Love the idea. Good reminder to just be silly with them. I could NEVER dance. But….my girls don’t know that. They think I can and they love it when we do that. We’ll have to do that more. Great post.
PamperingBeki - That is so sweet!!
I had very similar feelings when I had my dd in gymnastics for the first time. 🙁 I realized that I should’ve been encouraging her to become more comfortable with her body all these years and I haven’t.
that girl - the little leotards! precious.
Lanny Stanard - Okay, is that the cutest thing ever, I think so, they all look so cute! Have a great week~end :o)
Lanny…
cynthia - i’ve had that same feeling too…
seeing the joy in their eyes and that smile on their face, that is definitely what a mother loves!
BUT…being the super mom that you are, you possibly can’t think of everything!!! lol
it doesn’t matter now, she’s there lovin it and will never know that she didn’t do this a year ago!
traci - hey, do they have that class for grown up moms who really need to dance around and giggle and laugh. sign me up.
traci - I like that…not ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, or anything like that…just simply “creative movement”.
I teach 3 yr.olds at church in MDO we could SO do this and they would LOVE IT…so would the parents. Great idea.
by the way….be sappy ANYTIME!!!
chris - At the end of the day when Mason was 3 or 4 when it was approaching pick up time from my daycare , we would clean up put on Ricky Martin and the little kids and I would dance and dance, my kids would not approve at this point in their lives , lots of rolled eyes for sure , isn’t that sad, enjoy your fun with Annie when the kids are at school , soon she will roll her eyes too .
Chris
creole wisdom - Oh how cute : ) Love the pink leotards and tights. Very precious. And I danced for a long time, too, and everytime I drive downtown past the old masonic building where we had classes I get that anticipatory feeling in my heart… : )
foreverfoldinglaundry - Oh, too cute! I’m really looking forward to this in a couple of years!!! And, you’re right, there’s nothing cuter than a little girl in a pink leotard!