Today was the big day. When I got to Garan’s this afternoon Ella was beyond excited. She was all dolled up and the only thing for me to do was whip up a ballerina hairdo. She got up on the ottoman in the sunroom and gave me a couple of good poses. That girl is good at taking pictures!
Isn’t her dance bag cute? I couldn’t bear to spend a lot of money, so I picked up a $2 tote bag from Hobby Lobby, had it monogrammed and added pink rick rack and ball fringe!
When we got to class we saw some girls we knew and we were a little more relaxed. The mommy’s got to go in for a few minutes which was fun. I swear I was on the verge of tears the entire time. I know that’s silly, but she looked so big and did such a great job. There are about 18 kids in her class and two boys – she was very happy to see boys! Their teachers are Ms. Haley and Ms. Amanda. They called the students up by name and gave them name tags. They were so brave walking to the front of the room by themselves.
These are the only two pictures I got of Ella during the class. The one on the right is just before the mommies {and daddies!} were asked to wait in the hall. There was a collective sigh as we left the room. Fortunately, we quickly discovered we could watch from the window near the sidewalk. I know its hard to tell in the picture, but I had a good view and Ella really participated and followed directions well. I was so proud of her!
Now… for the title of this post. Just as we were leaving the class it started pouring rain. We had left our umbrella in the car and got soaking wet. I had promised we’d go to McDonald’s for a celebratory meal, but I was kind of hoping to get away with the drive-through instead. Especially considering I looked like a drowned rat! As soon as we pulled in Ella said, “Are we eating at Donald’s or at home?” If you know her at all, you’ll know that she despises the drive through! Apparently her philosophy is that fast food is better if you can eat it in a dirty restaurant, near ragamuffin kids and a death trap, I mean play place.
Despite the torrential downpour, soaking wet clothes and screaming kids who nearly ran into our table a hundred times we had a lovely dinner just the two of us. She told me all about dance and scarfed her six chicken nuggets almost as fast as I inhaled my cheeseburger.
What could be better than finishing off the night with a big green sucker? All the students got a prize as they left for being such big girls {and boys}! Ella did great and we can’t wait until next Thursday!
