Dance Class

This year we signed Lexie up for a dance class. It was nothing spectacular and I didn't expect much from it since it was cheap through the parks and rec. but she really enjoyed it. Well at least after the first few weeks that is. The first few weeks I would be yelling at her to participate and stop crying. These are Lexie's friends from church. They also happened to be the only white girls in the class

Lexie really enjoyed the dance class and they even had a recital at the end. We had to pay $15 for a costume. I thought it was going to be something like a tutu that the whole class would wear to look alike. We were actually at Disney World when the costumes were handed out and a friend of mine picked Lexie's up. You can imagine my surprise when I saw the dang costume and it was....

...THIS.

Lexie in the recital. She did nothing but sit on this plastic sheet in her not so attractive costume.

Now come on what does this costume have to do with ballet anyway. It was so ridiculous. When she first saw it she got mad because she wanted to put her dance clothes on. How do you explain to a 3 year old that this is her new dance clothes. Not to mention it didn't really fit her and so she kept getting merfs.

Here she is with her friends who were bunnies. Their costumes were better but not by much. I found out after the recital when we returned the costumes (without getting our money back) that the dang dance teacher had made them 20 years earlier. That explains the ugliness. They truly were horrendous. Explain to me why I had to pay $15 for it. Anyways it put such a sour taste in my mouth that I didn't sign her up again. I just let her dance around the house in cute costumes.

Am I over reacting or are these costumes as hideous as I think especially for a ballet recital. I think the reason it took me so long to post this one is because I am still upset if you can't tell. Oh well she really did enjoy the class.