maddie at wab

miss madeline got to have a little time out today before her grandfathers funeral tomorrow at the west australian ballet! aunty dom and nannaleah gave her a pass to attend a summer holiday workshop as a christmas gift and today the day finally arrived.

she had a great day dancing with a bunch of other little girls and enjoyed every minute of it. what a lucky girl!

she told me they did a "fishy dance"  and did other exercises and worked at the barre.

i have loved watching her dance more and more around the house as she has become more confident, even making up her own little dances. it is so sweet to watch.

there's only a few more weeks before she'll be back in the studio at step up and she already can't wait... so today was a great opportunity to break up the long wait to be back there.

thank you pinkers! ❤

maddie at wa ballet

the incredible pinker family got madeline the most amazing christmas gift, a ticket to a day workshop at the west australian ballet, which she waited very impatiently for and finally got to use today. i had to stay home with the boys, but aunty dom was all over it and sent me plenty of pics of our little ballerina having the time of her life!

i love seeing pictures of madeline dancing, she is so madly in love with it and listens and watches so carefully to make sure she does it just right. i really hope she always loves it this much! especially seeing as she will be doing three dance classes a week in just a few weeks!

look at her go!

and i am super proud of her perfect posture here!

here she is with the guy who taught their workshop. she had the "best day ever!" and wanted to go back again tomorrow haha.

go girl. shoot for the moon! we are so proud of you and your dancing

and we are so grateful to the pinkers. who knows, maybe one day she will be dancing at uncle taui's work... the west australian ballet! ♥

birthday ballet outing

yesterday (which was madeline's actual birthday) she and joseph had to come to a midwife appointment with me. they were so well behaved and i was stoked... so afterwards we went to sherbert bakeshop and cafe for a treat

i love it when these two love each other. it's my favourite... i just wish it happened more often! this photo says it all though, it's times like this that make being a mum totally worth it.

it's someone's birthday somewhere? that someone is meeeeee!

after the cafe, we drove a little way up the road to turn around, and used the west australian ballet centre carpark. it was then i had the most wonderful idea. my friend taui works at the ballet centre and should be at work at that time... so i made a call, hoping he was available. to my absolute delight he was, and madeline got the best birthday present of all time, a private hour long tour of the west australian ballet!

we went into all the studios, where madeline was able to dance to her hearts content... not once did taui rush her, he was more than happy for her to dance her heart out and insisted his work could wait, as nothing was more important than madeline's birthday. what a love!

we even got to have a peek into the studio where all the costumes are made!! madeline was in ballet heaven. what a lucky, lucky girl!

posing with uncle taui before going home.

what an amazing gift. i absolutely cannot believe how lucky our girl is! it has just renewed her ballet obsession that much more and she is bursting with joy, telling everyone that it was the best birthday present (and best birthday!!) ever. oh it's great to be seven!

♥

i have no doubt this feisty little redhead is going places!