We've had a fun weekend so far. Katya, one of Evan's friends from school had a birthday party on Saturday. It was a co-ed ballet-themed party. It was really cute. Katya's mom had a "real ballerina" at the party, who read Angelina the Ballerina stories and then did some ballet with the kids. It was a riot. First, the kids were just supposed to stand in a circle, tell their names and their favorite dance moves. The girls all participated in this and did little leaps, arabesques, etc. Skip to my child who doesn't say his name but jumps into the air and then falls to the ground with a thud (on purpose, of course). It was funny to see the cute little ballerina and all the little girls try to mimic this move. Shortly after that, all the boys lost interest in the ballerina and moved into the playroom to pull out every toy in the house. The moms of the boys did their best to control this process, but with little success. I was able to get Evan back into the living room briefly for pretending to be snowflakes and pretending to be animals, but he was SO not into it. I thought Pressley would be totally into it. Her one experience with ballet was last spring when we went to watch some of these same little girls from Evan's class in their ballet recital. Pressley stood in a chair in the back of the room and tried to mimic everything they did. So, I thought she would be in her element at the party. But, she too just sort of stood like a lump and looked at the ballerina, perplexed. 
All in all, it was a very successful party, as all the kids seemed to have a big time. But the experience did confirm that, as a general rule, boys don't make very good ballerinas.
There are more photos linked at the left.
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