Tiny Toes means dance here

Yesterday was gymnastics, (pics below) and C seemed to enjoy it. It was a bit unstructured and that's kind of what I expected today when we showed up for (mom-me) dance. Um, not so much. It was great! The teacher was amazingly structured, which was awesome for C. It took a few minutes to get her corralled and on pace with the other three little girls, but once she figured it out, she followed right along. Two of the other girls were born in the same month/year that C was, and I'm hoping we can become friends. The other little girl is about 18 months old, and today was her first day too. She caught on quite well too. They started out with an "obstacle course" where the girls straddled cones as they walked over them; walked backwards on a low, wide beam; crawled through a tunnel made out of a folded mat; donkey-kicked in the middle of a hoop; hopped on colored squares; walked on a less wide, higher up beam (holding Mommy's hand); tippy-toed on some colored stars; and then bounced on a trampoline. Then, we made a circle and did a variety of dance stretches, learning how to make butterfly knees and touch our toes, and answer our toe-phones. Then we got to move in different ways as we got up from the floor. We danced with pompoms and learned how to "freeze". Finally, we tried forward rolls, crab walking and elementary bridges with a ball for support. When we left, C babbled all the way home about hopping, spinning, dancing, rolling, jumping and sparklies (which is what she called the pompoms). She was so excited! I'm looking forward to next week. I think we may be investing in some dance wear for her as well. She thought Eleanor, the little (Chinese!) girl who was wearing the tights/leotard/shoes business looked like a fairy princess. Eleanor also looked like she could move around a bit more easily as well. We're trying out Toddler Tunes tomorrow afternoon. Then, that's the end of the "official" classes, but there's plenty more in store for us, I'm sure. Another mom at the wives' group I went to recommended some books that have a lot of fantastic ideas about what to do and see while we're in the area. One is a Kansas Guidebook that I got from the local "Corner Pharmacy", and the other is titled "Kansas City with Kids" that I got from the local Waldenbooks. I've looked through them both and already have tons of ideas for little weekend (or even weekday) adventures.