A Big week of Firsts

This last week was a big one in the Tillotson household. Mostly for Kenzie...well, all for Kenzie, but also for Mom & Dad who watched from the side lines. Kenzie had her first 'real' dance class AND her first day of Pre-School. I looked at several dance studios & decided to go with the most 'classic' ballet studio 'Etudes de Ballet' that offered a 30 minute pre-ballet with 10 min.s of tap at the end. The teacher is a doll, and being a dance teacher myself I was so impressed with the other 3 yr. olds in the class. They were all so well-behaved!! I knew Kenzie loved every second of it because she never stopped smiling--which made ME smile.

You can spot her on the far left.

They have the most beautiful studios & this adorable little barre. Kenzie's 3rd from the left. There was a really funny moment at the barre that she decided the 'dig for gold', as we call it in our house, aka pick her nose, which she did for a good 2 mortifying minutes and in my head I was thinking 'don't eat it, please don't eat it'...she decided to wipe it on her leotard.

For Pre-school, we decided to go with a Mon, Wed, Fri, 9-noon class (that means I get 9 hours a week with just Alyssa to actually get stuff done!) & it seems to be a good fit for her. She was so excited for her first day that she got dressed all by herself (it typically takes some coercing) and came into our room at 7am beaming and so excited. Then she put her backpack on & refused to take it off for the next 2 hours before pre-school started.