Ballet Recital

M recently had a ballet recital.  I'll admit it, I tried to keep him out of it.  Not because I have any issues with my son taking ballet.  On the contrary, I rather like it both because it's great exercise for him and I like to buck the stereotype.  The issue I had was that when this opt-in recital came up, I felt like M had way too many activities going on.  He has swimming lessons, Biodanza, and just wrapped up an after school art class.  Plus, we were in the middle of our move.  I just couldn't handle another obligation and figured he would forget about it.  I figured wrong.

So, M was in a ballet recital; I envisioned it as his swan song with ballet, no pun intended, mainly because next year ballet becomes an after school activity while this year the lessons are given within the school day.  A couple of days before it his teacher told me he was the only boy and asked if I was o.k. with that.  Yes, I'm fine with it and I think M would be more than fine with it. He did a very nice job, both as a kid at the beach and a magician in a Swan Lake excerpt--two parts that gave him small solos.  I started to think that as a boy taking ballet he could get pretty far with the lack of competition alone.  And, he LOVES it.  So, we'll see whether he's still interested when it comes time to choose after school clubs in the fall.