Occasionally my girls catch an episode of
Angelina Ballerina on Netflix. (Did you know Judi Dench voices Angelina's dance instructor, Miss Lilly, in the series? I love that.) It occurred to me that the girls had probably never seen real ballet. I quickly searched Netflix and started playing the documentary
Ballerina. Despite having to explain subtitles, which led to a discussion of languages, etc., the documentary held their attention for a pretty long stretch. We were watching a particularly beautiful and elegant ballet when my daughter said the following: "Mom...Mom...Mom, next Halloween...next Halloween can my costume be a..."
Could it be? My very tomboyish daughter was getting a girly streak? She was appreciating the elegance, gracefulness, and beauty of ballet?
"...a hunter? I want to be a hunter for Halloween."
Maybe her younger sister will want to be a ballerina.
:) I think it's pretty safe to say that a hunter costume may be the go-to Halloween costume for our kids. We did it this year, but I know we'll have a hunter some other year.
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