Week before last we sent Brynn to "Princess Camp". Maybe the best idea we ever had, maybe the worst. She is called "Sass" for a reason!
Princess Camp is really just dance camp for 3-5 year olds, taught only the girliest and prissiest of dance moves and the basics of ballet. If you've met our Brynnie, you know the girl LOVES to dance. And for a 3-yr-old, Sass has got some MOVES. But prissy ballerina moves, they are not.
Every week during the Layla's dance classes when we would leave, Brynn would BEG to stay with her in class, but she wasn't old enough. We have almost decided to let her go starting next fall, but we weren't sure how she would do in a classroom setting where she is asked to slow down and pay attention (she struggles with hyperactivity... no, actually she doesn't. It doesn't bother her a bit, we struggle with it. She quiet enjoys going 90 miles a minute). We thought a week of camp would be a good way to see how she handles this whole slow-down-and-pay-attention-to-the-teacher business.
We got to watch her through a television screen. Oh my. She was actually very obedient- (woot woot!). She did GREAT at the barre. She did her best during stretches. It was just that floor work that got her... but oh so entertaining for the rest of us. She did as the teacher asked for the most part... she just has to put her little Brynn spin on things! Have you ever seen a ballerina do leaps with her hand on her hip and her head cocked to the side? Or plie' into a forward roll? lol. The other moms watching in the waiting room were CRACKING UP watching her. She was hysterical. Layla kept asking, "Why is Brynn going so much faster than the Miss Courtney?" (the teacher).
What's even more hysterical is that Layla went to "Diva Camp" which was more hip-hop based and she was completely out of her league. Could not break her ballerina mode for anything, but Brynn stood outside of the door and followed everything they did! Ha.
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