ballet for little juliet

oh boy. you have never seen such an excited little thing as monday when i picked up the girls for the first day of ballet class for the semester. the girls are now in the same class and juliet used some of her christmas money (i swear it was not my idea!) for ballet slippers and a leotard (i hate that word!). she's been practicing over the holidays but today was the big debut. miss bonita told the class about the spring recital-- a circus theme-- and that their class will be performing as cotton candy. i don't really get it-- i'm a pretty in-the-box thinker and so telling children they'll have to be living, breathing, spun sugar set to music is a bit out of my realm of thinking. but my kids DO get it, and they're super excited. here are a couple of pictures from the studio from monday---