22.12.20

Ellie: Acro Student of the Month

We have another Student of the Month in the house!  Ellie was chosen as the Acro Student of the Month at the dance studio.

Yes.  Dance studio.  If you've been around here a few years, you might remember that Ellie traded in her ballet shoes for the beam and bars a few years ago.  She started taking ballet and tap lessons when she was two years old and then two years later transitioned to gymnastics.  She was even chosen as a Dancer of the Month.  

She took gymnastics for three years and loved every single minute of it.  She was promoted to a higher level this past January, but that was short-lived when the gym was shuttered in March.  We waited and waited and waited on classes to resume, but, unfortunately, the gym wasn't able to re-open.  So in October we decided to enroll her in an acro class at the dance studio.

Ellie really misses the beam and bars, but she LOVES her acro class and spends everyday looking forward to Mondays.  We would love to have her in gymnastics again because that's what she enjoys the most, but there isn't another gym close enough or convenient for us.  She already told me that even if her gym opens back up, she still wants to take her acro class.  I am honestly just grateful she has this opportunity.  Maybe she'll even decide to pull the ballet and tap shoes back out!