Monday, October 03, 2011

Overcoming fears...dance 2011

Sidney put on her brave face today. For weeks she's been wanting to take dance classes, just like her "big sissy". So, we signed her up. And then upon arriving, she bounced down the stairs, turned the corner and instantly got cold feet. Yep, right there in the middle of class, she froze. Clinging to me for dear life, crocodile tears welling up in her eyes and a quivering bottom lip decorating her precious face.
Amazingly, I talked her out of her fears, enough to grab a name tag and stand next to her new friends. She obliged, but only if I promised to sit in front so she could see me. As for actually "dancing", well, she did a lot of watching, but towards the end, she really got into it! She gets embarrassed if we look at her, but yet she wants us to recognize her work.
I'm a tad bit afraid that we will have the lone child in the winter show who stands there, not moving, for the entire 2 minute song.
It's just a good thing she's cute :)

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