Bee-yana!

Maggie starts dance class again next week, and it can't start soon enough. She put on a little recital for us today, complete with IPod accompaniment (who new that "Bachelorette Party" playlist would be a toddler favorite - although I probably should remove the Biggie Smalls songs now that she can talk). She kept telling me and her dad to "Stand back, stand back!" Wouldn't want to invade her dance space. There were spins, jumps, rump shaking, floor moves, skipping, tip-toes, and lots of bowing. At one point she stopped dancing, stood still, and starring at the floor said, "The floor is moving!" I think maybe a few too many spins dizzy baby.

If you weren't paying attention you'd think she was just being a spazzy kid running around the floor, but she actually has moves. You can pick out specific, repeated movements when she "dances". She even tries new moves and tries to make her body bend and move in unfamiliar ways. Do all two year olds do this? I wonder...

Oh - and Bee-yana (the title of this post) is how Maggie pronounces Ballerina. I often think is sounds like an insult, "You better watch out for that girl, she is a real Bee-yana."