Ella's Winter Ballet Performance

This school year, Ella has continued to take dance lessons from the same teacher who we switched to last March after trying out a few months at the Y.  Ella goes to dance class every Tuesday morning for an hour to take ballet and tap lessons in Miss Krystal's dance studio which is located in her converted garage.  Ella is in this class with three other girls from church who also attend the same preschool as her and she absolutely loves it!  It is so adorable to watch her run up to her teacher's front door every week wearing a leotard and tutu.  She is such a little girl and I just love it!
A few weeks ago, her dance teacher sent out an email informing the parents that the girls would have the opportunity to dance at a senior center down the street from our neighborhood one evening in December.  In addition, her teacher asked if any older siblings would like to perform a musical number as part of the performance.  I quickly checked our calendar and discovered that we could go and even signed Lia up to play some Christmas songs on the piano.  So, tonight, the three girls headed out after leaving Logan at home with Ron who decided he would rather relax on the couch and watch the first half of the Seahawks game that started 45 minutes before the performance.  Lia did a great job playing three songs on the piano and Ella was as darling as can be performing several tap and ballet dance numbers with her class.  I know that I am biased, but she really has such a natural grace and coordination to her dancing in comparison to several of the other girls in the class.  She really has a knack for dancing and I can't wait to see how far she goes in pursuing this talent of hers.  It's just fun to have another little dancer in the family!

Lia playing one of her Christmas songs on the piano.

Ella smiling for the audience at the beginning of one of her ballet dances.

The girls starting their dance.

The girls completing an arabesque.  This picture perfectly demonstrates what a natural dancer Ella is in comparison to some of the other girls in her class.

A close-up of Ella doing an arabesque.

All of the dancers getting ready to curtsy at the end of their performance.

Sisters posing in front of the Christmas tree after the performance had ended.

My ballerina in front of the tree.

And Lia, too.  What cute girls we have!