Confidence

Three years, four leotards, four pairs of ballet slippers, 2 pairs of tap shoes and spending every Saturday morning at practice leads to Morgan's second ballet performance. 

It was a fun-filled week of running to pictures on one night, rehearsal on another and the final performance on Saturday.  All three days included being in full costume (bun included).  Morgan loved every moment of it.  She stood patiently while I twisted and pinned all those little hairs into place.  Closed her eyes tightly while I plastered sprayed hairspray to keep everything in place.  The little ones only wear just a touch of make-up.  Some blush and lipstick and we were done.

This year, her performance was at a much larger theater in town.  You never know how a little one is going to react once they are on stage with all those eyes watching.  Morgan was very excited, she secretly loves the attention.  I love that she has no fear and is comfortable with this part of her life.  When she is at ballet she stands tall, works hard to get the pose right and the best part is she is confident in what she is doing.

Since she is considered a "2nd year" in her class, which means she is one of the leaders.  This was important to her to help teach the younger girls and best of all she was the "leader of the snake" during the performance.  My little sunshine, was front row, center when they all entered the stage.  The beautiful music began and they immediately looked to the side of the stage for their teacher's instructions.  Morgan also looked but only briefly and then continued with the routine.  After only about 3 minutes, their routine was finished and they all did their curtsy. 

Seeing Morgan being so brave and confident on that stage makes every Saturday spent at the ballet studio worth it.

Here is a little slide show of our little ballerina:

P.S. Thank you Miss Courtney for taking some beautiful pictures before the performance.