In-laws were in town this weekend so I haven't had a ton of time to sit down and blog. And my fingers are really cold so typing is actually surprisingly hard right now. I also just found out how to add pics to my blog so I'm excited about that.
Carson's family came into town this weekend for early Christmas. It was actually pretty fun. They bought us a new TV and DVD player for Christmas. We are so excited! The main reason for the visit though was for Siobhan's first dance recital. She's taking combo classes at the studio that I teach at. She did so well in her first performance. She's born to be on the stage. But with as much time as she spends at the studio with me, I really wasn't all that worried. :) She did a wondeful job and had so much fun. I was on stage with her and I think that helped. In the picture, she's the second one from the left.
Not a whole lot more has been going on really. Just getting ready for Christmas. I'm still teaching this week, and then we have two weeks off until the beginning of the year. I got a few complaint regarding one of my classes numbers that have kind of gotten to me though. It was my jazz class that I just barely took over about two months ago. Now you have to understand, I didn't teach at this studio last year, so I'm definitely the newbie and I really don't know anything about what they had been working on last year. Anyway, two parents thought that the dance was 'too easy'. Now, the reason I'm bothered is because they weren't in class with me every week hearing me tell their daughters to do their leap on their left only to have them continually do it on their right. And I'm not going to put a double or triple pirouette when they can barely do a clean single. Why would put things in that they can't do especially for the chrsitmas recital. So I'm bothered by all of that and the fact that these parents have no realistic idea of their kids skill level. So come this January, I'm going to work them and make them quiet down and actually work. Not a mean way by any stretch of the imagination, but I am going to make them knuckle under and learn a ton! Then they'll have nothing to say (theoretically)...maybe they'll say I'm being too hard on them. What's worse?
2 comments:
How fun for Siobhan!! Lindsay misses dance this year. I have got to get her in a jazz class. Who do I need to talk to at Dance Element? After Christmas - I promise!! Those parents need to lighten up.
Cute pictures but when will we ever see pictures of your dog???
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