Well it is another cool Michigan morning and all of our children at our school elementary are off to the ballet.

What a beautiful way to begin the day. All of the children are full of excitement and whispers well ok ....except for the boys (grin). It is nice to know the children will get a taste of the fine arts in life this morning.

My little one is far from a beautiful dancer. She is more into frogs and rocks at this point in life.
Give her a pair of jeans and a cool shirt and she is happy and content.

However she does allow me to dress her up and show her off every now and then. I remember back last year. She was moving so slowly. I thought for sure she was going to miss the school bus. I hurried her along and she broke down in tears in front of our hallway mirror crying, "Mommy don't you want me to be beautiful?" What could a mother say.....

"Yes dear you are beautiful but the bus will not wait for beauty to arrive....you must hurry." When she left the house that morning I cried. How rude of me to rush her through her beauty treatment. My little girl was growing up before my eyes.

To day the sparkle in her eyes melts my heart. So I'm off to the ballet with her and her class mates.
Then mom is off to the dentist. Maybe the ballet will get a second curtain call and I can miss the dentist? I highly doubt it but I can dream to can't I .....(giggles and grins)