It always amazes me how much energy a child can have. Even after waking up early to get ready for school before I leave for work, spending a 7 hours learning and discovering new things with 18 other overly energetic children, running her short little legs off at soccer practice, and coming home to fight with her sister over any little thing...Cady still is not ready for bed.
Last night, after dinner, she was determined to put on a ballet show. We found a channel on satellite that played classical music, and watched her and Carsyn dance, and dance, and dance, and Dance, and DANCE. On their toes, leaping across the carpet, leaping over eachother, log rolling, and break dancing; they would not have stopped for hours if we hadn't turned their music off.
The funniest part of it all (over and above watching their "freestyle ballet") was the stories their interpretive dance told. They were dancing fairies, and as the music rose in crescendo, Cady announced the bad witch had come and snatch one of the fairies! As the drums beat loudly, the fairy beat her fists against the glass jar. The music played allegro as the fairies flew quickly to save their friend...it was a dramatic and detailed story from a five year old, but I know better than to expect anything less, so I played along.
By 8:00, I laid down with them to read a story before bed...and that is where I fell asleep. Before either of them. Lol.
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