Baffled
So I mentioned yesterday about how Hannah throws around the phrase “quitting dance” every so often and it baffles me. I don’t get why she wants to quit. I mean, when she’s NOT at dance this is how a lot of the pictures of her turn out. And if they don’t turn out like this it’s because I told her to stand normally because otherwise probably 95% of her pictures WOULD be like this.
Dance pose after dance pose after dance pose. Then when we were actually AT competition last year where she was supposed to pose and dance, I got this instead.
Yeah, so you can see why sometimes I’m totally ok with her quitting.
Until last week when she told me that she really DOES love dancing and competition and she’s not sure if she wants to quit next year. Part of me (A VERY TINY PART) wants to let her because OH EM GEE dance costs me a small fortune and she does a lot of it. She’s got a regular weekly technique class. She’s on competition team and is part of the production team. And she has a solo. All these things keep her VERY busy and keep me VERY broke. But most of me doesn’t want her to quit. She’s been dancing since she was 2. It’s been her life since before she can remember. And I know she’d regret it after about 2 months of not dancing. She’d miss her friends. She’d miss the stage. Y’all can tell that she’s a performer. She’s a ham. This is her calling. So for right now we’re going to enjoy this competition season as it starts in about 2 1/2 weeks. And once summer comes, we’ll reevaluate. If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you know we’ve been down this road before with her. It all comes down to the summer and how she feels then. I really hope that although my wallet is suffering, she sticks with it and dances again next year, even if she does less of it. How can she not?
Sidenote: Just when I thought Hannah was getting all grown up on us and decision-y and independant like, she gives us this little jewel last night that reminded me that she’s still a kid.
“I don’t get why I get eye boogers every night. I don’t eat my boogers!”
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Too cute! Maybe cutting back is the way to go, gives her and your checkbook a break without getting out of it altogether.
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Becky Reply:
February 16th, 2010 at 10:17 am
We are DEF cutting back no matter what. I just want her to do SOMETHING next year instead of nothing at all. It’s been 5 years. It’d be weird to not have dance anymore
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Most of the time she’s probably just speaking out of impulse. She thinks she might want to quit one day so she says it – doesn’t want to the next day so she says that. It’s all normal. With such a long committment I’d probably cut it back but I don’t think I’d let her quit all together. Sometimes parents have to make those choices cuz we know what’s best.
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Becky Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 7:40 am
Yep. We’re hoping that it won’t be hard to talk her into dancing but maybe less of it next year. We shall see come this summer!
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Oh I love it! I remember dance class. Hated getting there but once I was in the groove, loved it!
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