Last ballet class.

This was Sonja's last ballet class of the session. All the parents and siblings were invited in to watch and Haven was stoked.


The class was, of course, adorable. Sonja insisted on wearing her strawberry hat throughout. It was so sweet to watch her following all the teacher's instructions and going through her little steps.

Haven was dying to get in there and dance. She stood off to the side with me, swaying and twirling to the music and calling "Sister!" over and over.

...and finally flashed her belly in a last-ditch effort to catch Sonja's attention.

At the end of the class, all the dancers were essentially running around in a big circle and I relented and let Haven join in. I didn't take any photos because I was laughing too hard. 


It was like roller derby; they were all jostling for position and Haven was knocked to the ground twice by one particular girl. It was totally on purpose; a full-on body check. The mother of that girl was mortified, but when I eventually stopped laughing I said, "Are you kidding? Haven's fine and that was the funniest thing I've seen all week!"

Full-contact ballet; whodathunkit?