At the beginning of the summer I gave Rachael the option of doing gymnastics or dance. She chose dance. I didn't want my 5-year-old learning hootchie moves, so I looked into ballet. We found the Idaho Falls School of Ballet. They do a Tutus and Fairytales for children Rachael's age to introduce them to a few ballet basics, as well as the story and music from a classic ballet. For a month, Rachael told everyone we met that she was going to do Swan Lake. She was so excited. We went to ballet everyday for a week. At the end, they had a 15 minute performance for the parents to see what they had learned. Rachael loved the story and even recognized the music when we heard it playing on the radio a week later.
Anna was so disappointed every time we dropped Rachael off and she couldn't go dance with her. We started Anna in gymnastics since she was too young for the ballet. She was definitely glad to be down on the floor and all of the equipment instead of watching Rachael have all the fun. She has no fear.
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