Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Gotta Dance!

Gotta Dance!

Gotta Dance!

(With apologies to Gene Kelly, our little girl Nalani is just singing in the rain...)

Gotta Dance!

Okay, maybe she's not singing, but she's definitely dancing!



Nalani has been taking dance classes every week for some time now, but most of the sessions only allow parents to peek through the glass door to the lobby. It appears that some kids behave better when their parents are out of the room -- go figure. Anyway, today the class opened up for parents to watch their adorable little girls.

The class begins with stretching, of course, complete with each girl performing a split.

Well, almost...



The first part of the class consists mostly of jazz and ballet...



Then they need to switch to tap shoes.

Why?

Because they gotta dance!



The instructor told the little girls that they were to put "glue" on their hands and stick them to their hips. But then she had to go out of the room for a second and chaos reigned supreme.

Well, almost.

Look at our little girl with her back to the camera the second from the right...



Yep, she's the only one whose hand remained "glued" to her hips because that's what her teacher told her to do.

What a terrific little girl!



Finally, to end the class, they danced with ribbons and Nalani even dragged Cari into the act...



While Daddy remained on his rear end...



And Nalani being the wonderful little girl that she is, she even shared her Halloween candy with her little sister Malia...



Gotta dance!