U'ette Dance Clinic

My. Oh. my. You are one dramatic little girl. I have wanted to put you in dance so badly because I KNOW you will excel at it. You are so little, bendy, flexible and coordinated. On the flip side though, you are super dramatic and stubborn too. If you don't want to do something, it is almost physically impossible to get you to do it. You hate being in front of people and perform. I opted for tumbling this year for this reason- no performances. So far you cry and whine about going every week, but once in the room and the teacher is encouraging you, you do AWESOME! Tumbles, back bends, head stands you name it you are one of the best in your class. But as soon as you are in the car it is back to the same story of "I don't like it!"

Well our neighbor asked if I would sign you up for the drill team dance clinic. I really hesitated doing it because of our track record. I wanted to support her though so we did. It was 3 days of practicing and 1 performance day. IT WAS TORTURE. You cried, pouted and threw fits about going and participating. Once you calmed down you watched and occasionally kicked you leg or did some sort of move. I knew the getting you to perform would be excrutiating. Well we went (Me, Mason, Emma and you) and sure enough there was whining, crying, clinging and all. I finally told you if you would just do your dance so I can see it I will let you get the BIGGEST treat you want after. Well it worked. You let go and slowly wandered over to your teacher. You chewed nervously on your fingernails, and a hair rubberband that was supposed to be tying your shirt back, but you did it! In front of a whole gym full of people! You were so cute and I even got a few smiles out of you! Best part is the HUGE treat you chose was a $.99 frosty at Wendy's. I hope that you can warm up to the idea of performing, because you can do great! Baby steps...