Twinkle Toes

Tuesdays are Lily's favorite day of the week because she has dance class. This past Tuesday, Jan. 13th, her dance school, Tennessee Conservatory of Fine Arts, had their Open House. I was so excited because I was finally able to sit in during her ballet and tap class! And I was even more excited when they said we could bring our cameras! Here is my Lily Ballerina: Ms. Tammy is her teacher, and there are only 5 girls in the class counting Lily. Before they start, they do warm-up exercises and stretches first: Then they go through their positions (first through fifth), and do plies, jetes, and tondus. Here is Lily doing a plies: And then a tondus: After 30 minutes of ballet, they change into their tap shoes. Here is Lily in her tap shoes:They start off doing shuffle ball changes on both feet:

Here are the girls following Ms. Tammy as she leads them in various tap steps: They also did lots of fun things like the Chicken Dance and the Train. Here is Lily and her sweet friend, Ellie, (who is also in her Kindergarten class at Brickey) doing the Chicken Dance: Here are the girls doing the Train as they tap heel then toe: I think this was one of Lily's favorite parts because she kept giggling! At the end, the girls all joined hands together and then took a bow:

I loved getting to watch Lily dance. She is enjoying it so much, and it thrilled me that a lot of the music they danced to was Christian! I can't wait for her recital in May! I love you, Lily Bean!


Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world. Isaiah 12:5