Ballet concert

Lara had her ballet concert on the first Wednesday of December. 'Sleeping beauty' was this year's production and Lara was one of the little red riding hood. This being her second concert, Lara seemed less overwhelmed and quite excited about being on stage. She 'directed' a younger girl to the right place on stage and didn't forget any of her dance. The 2 Saturday rehearsals plus a dress rehearsal on top of the normal lessons made us all very busy (& tired!). Prior to the concert, Lara said she wanted to do gymnastics with Matilda next year but she has since 'changed her mind' and told me she really wanted to do ballet next year. She was very inspired seeing the other big girls dance. All my hard-work (yes it was hard work taking Lara to all the rehearsals) was worth it when I saw how much she enjoyed the concert.

The little red ridding hoods get ready to get on stage!


Unfortunately, I'm not sure doing ballet would be possible next year. I found out Lara didn't get a single day of after-school-care next year despite me making every effort to hand in the application form early. I found out by accident, no one in the school bothered to inform me! (this is another story, don't get me started) I can't even work out Sam's daycare for next yer let alone trying to fit ballet class in there as well. Hopefully when things settle down, we'll be able to continue ballet.