We enrolled Mio in her first ballet class this summer, since she has been showing a lot of interest in the idea of ballerinas and dance. The class is Tiny Tutu’s Level I for 3 year olds, and it meets once a week for eight weeks for a total of eight classes that run from the beginning of July to the end of August. Mio loves dressing up in her leotard, tutu, tights, and ballet slippers and going to class to spin and dance with her classmates! Ballet class is also something I’d always looked forward to enrolling my daughters in, as I loved going to ballet class as a little girl myself. I feel like it’s one of the fun highlights and milestones you can enjoy as mother to a daughter.

Mio twirled and spun in excitement in her room as we were getting ready, and it was one of those moments that made me take pause and realize how much she’s grown. I feel that at every stage, there is a specific, defining memory that springs to mind as I reflect on my children growing up… these little pirouettes and pliés will be forever filed away in my mind’s memory box to look back on and cherish.

Mio ready for ballet class!
Before leaving for her first ballet class.

 

Mio ready for ballet class!
Ready for her first class!

 

Mio ready for ballet class!
Practicing her spins.

 

Here are some photos and video of her in class:

Mio at Tiny Tutus class, week 1
Waiting for class to begin on the first day.

 

Mio at Tiny Tutus class, week 1
Mio at Tiny Tutus class, week 1

 


 

Mio in Tiny Tutus class, week 2
Sitting with the other students at week 2 of ballet class.

 

She seems to really enjoy ballet class so far, and always talks about it at home, asking “Can I go to ballet class?” constantly. We’re so happy that she’s having fun with it!