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Nov 26 2008

Punk rock ballerina

Category: Family Fun

Friday mornings, I change into my yoga gear and Lucie dresses up in her tights, dance t-shirt, ballet skirt and slippers. Then the whining starts, "I don't want to go to ballet class. I want to stay home."

I tell Lucie, "Tough luck, kiddo. Mommy's going to yoga class. Get in the car."

After more whining and protests, we drive off to the dance studio. In the parking lot, she tells me, "Ballet is stupid and I don't like you, Mommy."

Shrugging off that lovely remark, I sign us in. I drop Lucie off in the dance studio and Nathan in the drop in daycare room. I finally head off to yoga and try to mentally leave behind my worries about a certain young drama queen.

An hour later I find a little ballerina leaping around the halls, telling me what a wonderful time she had in class. She enjoyed it so much that she wears part of her ballet costume for the rest of the day. With her pink and black high tops, her dance t-shirt, a pair of pink shorts, and her always messy hair, she looks like a punk rock ballerina.

She certainly has the attitude to go with it.