Saturday morning brought with it the 2nd class of ballet for Mia.  We got up in the dark to get to the 8am class rather than the 8.30am as the group was smaller with less experienced kids.  Can you believe there are less experienced ballet dancers when you are 4 years old.

We picked up another little one (Zali) on the way and it was to be her first time, but my theory was confidence in numbers.  We were the first to arrive and Mia actually spoke to the teacher - a good start.  Her and Zali spent the next 10min waiting for class to start skipping from one side to the other holding hands.

When the class started Zali turned into Mia from last week.  Like a deer in headlights not wanting to move or respond.  Surprisingly though Mia got into it and skipped and pointed her toes with the rest of the class.  It did take 10 minutes to convince Mia to stop holding Zali's hand though :)

At the end of the class as I promised her I took Zali and Mia to the ballet shop to buy them their outfits and shoes.  Luckily I was able to get quite a lot second hand from the ballet school otherwise it would have cost a fortune.  I will post a photo as soon as one is available.

The rest of the day was spent planting new plants in the garden.  The kids helped me put the new soil from the wheel barrow into buckets so I could put it on the flower bed.  We are now the proud owners of some passionfruit trees (which Mia thinks are eggplant trees), a lime tree and some hedging.