The Ballerina

Today, Sydney performed in her second Spring Dance Recital. What a pretty ballerina she is!

Sydney performed to Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star with five of her classmates. She was flawless. Neither Tracie or I could tell how the other kids in her ballet class did because we did not take our eyes off our daughter. We were in the front row and beaming with pride. Sydney has really taken her ballet training seriously. She practiced hard at home, paying attention to every little detail from the flick of her fingers to the bend of her wrist to hold the pose. Oh how I remembered her first year of ballet classes and the first recital to Frosty The Snowman (see post First Dance Recital, January 31, 2010). It wasn't pretty but she was a real trooper then, especially with the hat being too big and sliding down over her eyes each time she hopped.

Sydney has once said that she enjoys gymnastics much more and wishes to stop taking ballet classes, I sure hope she keeps dancing. She tried out last weekend for the advanced class, which was by invitation only. I am waiting for the invitation to come and will try to convince Sydney to go for it. What parent would not be proud to have such an angel fluttering around?