firsts

there have been a lot of firsts in our house lately. most of which are for london. two weeks ago londy started dance lessons, a combo class of tap and ballet. wow was she excited when i came home and told her of this marvelous new adventure! immediately she wanted to know what she was going to wear and when could we go shopping for a ballet dress. so off we went to dees dancewear. i grew up dancing and shopping there so i was every bit as excited. the cute girl working there showed us what we needed and londy put on a show for me. now obviously we couldn’t get a plain black leotard…it had to be something with sparkles…something fancy. just like my sweet girl!

 

 

so it’s the first day of dance and her teacher is adorable! don’t get me started on her perfect dancers body that made me want to not eat for a decade! i digress…

it was so cute to watch my girl with a smile about as big as i have ever seen her make on that beautiful little face. at the end of class her teacher makes them, one by one, show the class what they learned that day. every little girl kind of shyly twirls a little, maybe does a plie but not my london. you would think this girl is in the russian ballet! running, leaping, jumping in the air and landing in the splits! i mean really folks? she is such a hamm! and is totally convinced that she just did it with such grace. HILARIOUS!

the next set of firsts has been making me nervous for years! londy started kindergarten! wow she is getting old! we went to meet the teacher night and she again was sooo exicted! we did all the picking out of lunchboxes, some new school clothes, purple for her folders and binder too!

the big day finally arrived and i think i was more nervous for her than she was. what if they aren’t nice to her, what if what if what if? you want them to do so well and enjoy that first day and first year cause gosh they have a long road ahead of themselves!

daddy went into work late so he could go with us to your first morning. you were all smiles, so cute in your red shirt and your hair flipped. london is still not sure what is wrong with mom and why mom thinks this new flipped do is cute. sigh…just the start of many years of me telling her how life is gonna be!

when i went to pick her up almost 7 hours later…it was hot, and she was sweaty and tired and we had to hurry to make it to dance class. im thinking she is going to tell me she hated it and she doesn’t want to go to dance but she surprised me. she looked up at me and said “mom i played outside today and got all sweaty on my back and my neck and its hot and i get to do it again tomorrow” you know this was all said with excitement and those big eyes made even bigger while tellin me. i explained we had to go to dance and she jumped up and shouted “yipeeee”. wow they never fail to impress me! i was tired just hearing about her day!

notice how she is posing? yep all by herself, she is even looking at the camera…guess she is really growing up!

happy week of first londy lou! we are so excited for you!

xoxoxo