1st Dance Class! And 2nd day of preschool

On Wednesday Gabrielle went to her first dance class!  I think going to preschool the day before actually helped because she had zero anxiety and was seriously pumped to go to dance class.  She had her leotard, skirt, tights, and ballet shoes.  She was so excited because all the other little girls in the class had the same type of outfit.  The first thing she told her teach was "I go to preschool".  She also told her that her favorite color is purple, that her name is "Gabrielle", and that she's "two and a half!".  She sat in a circle with the other girls and did everything I think!  Parents wait in the waiting room but I peeked in the window a few times to see how they were doing and it was always high energy!  I know they clapped, climbed on mats, swung (I think?) on the portable ballet bar, and did spins.  Those are the few bits that I saw.  Gabs came out of class red-faced and sweaty (and with a princess sticker!!).  She is very excited about going back.

She was wired that night and had a hard time sleeping.  Then she had day two of preschool right the next morning.  Preschool was much more chaotic the second day and it seemed there were significantly more kids there - which was a bit more stressful I think.  She did fine at drop off, but when I picked her up she started to cry a little bit when she saw me.  Her teacher said she started missing me a little bit toward the end of the day and I think she was done with her busy week.  Other than that, she did fine at school and hopefully we can get into the swing of things in the next few weeks. 

This week has been been momentously huge for Gabrielle with three days in a row of new big things and she really did great!  We are very proud of her. 

 

This was when we first got there.  There were five girls in her class.