No More Dance

 

 

We are not sure if we will continue dancing after the break next month.  The kids have enjoyed it and have given it their all but I don't think they love it.  I enjoy watching them so much.  Time will tell. 

Dance Means Time With Friends

The Irish Dance - Week Two

This week I was told (by the kiddos) that they wanted to work hard at practice and surprise me.  They asked that I stay in the other room and not watch.  I know that they were a little embarrassed by the pictures I took on their first attempt.  So I stayed and played with the babies.  We played  the "Celtic" channel on Pandora while the twins and another couple of friends "danced" around the smaller room. I was thrilled to find this channel because it give the older ones something to practice to during the week.  Being the month of March I think the music is appropriate.   

 

Adorable thinks that is what she looks like while dancing (maybe someday.)

I do offer a small reward after such a hard workout.  We stop by sonic on the way home for a nice treat. (Just a slushy)   Here Mrs. W is bonding with her god daughter Beautiful.  I love this time with friends.

Just cute!  Possible and Beautiful!

I am surprised by all the positive feed back that last post inspired.  Thank you all for sharing your experiences with this form of dance.  We are just two lessons in but are enjoy ourselves as we enter into this whole new world.

A Little Irish in Our Step

A new adventure for this family for sure.  You would think that with a name like Shannon from the clan of Maloney that I would have tried this before.   My children are not so happy that I have pushed for this adventure for them now.  The oldest ones are happy that they are too grown up for me to introduce a new thing for them to try.  I decided around Christmas time that I wanted the kids to experience this for this semesters PE.  As luck would have it, the day after I started contacting Irish Dance schools around here the homeschool group was notified that one of the schools was offering a discounted introduction homeschool class for our Bread Of Life group.  As you can imagine I was thrilled.  This opportunity fell into our laps.  The cost (for now) is a fraction of what it normally is so we will stick with this homeschool dabble-in-it version for the rest of the school year.  Then if the kids have interest and talent we will decide the best way to continue.  For now I have so enjoyed watching the kids jump around the house while keeping their knees in position and their arms stiff.  Not sure where this will end up but I am most thankful that my kiddos gave it a try.  My group even has some talent!

 

 

 

 

I will say that this was fun and I hope we can continue past our little trial.  If you have Irish Danced and have had positive experiences please leave us a comment.  If you have blogged about how much you loved your time dancing please send us the link.  My kids need to see that this is a normal fun activity.  It is way out of their comfort zone.