A Winter's Tale

"The chief forms of beauty are order and symmetry and definiteness." - Aristotle
We all woke up to snow on the ground and snow in the air. I told you I would show you why I love Saturday mornings...This is the ballet studio where I teach, right before all the students arrive. In the morning, it is always flooded with light and rich with the expectation of beauty. It is rewarding to help the ballet students work and strive, learning an art form that has been rigidly honed since the time of Louis XIV. It is so great to be a part of the discipline the dancers are learning, from their dress code to their behavior in class to the classical dance form they are studying. It takes years to learn, yet every moment of class counts. My December barre music is all Christmas arrangements for piano...another reason to look forward to class. These feet are Ruby's. She and Golda go to modern dance on Saturdays, then Ruby comes to one of my ballet classes. I love having her in my class and watching her grow.
While I was warmly ensconced in my ballet and Christmas music, Scott was driving through the blizzard to get Golda to play rehearsal. Free was the only one who could go with Daddy, so he took Scott to the children's museum and proudly showed him around. Golda's rehearsal was 5 hours, so the "guys" had plenty of time to hang out at the Sky Box and exude testosterone! They even played arcade games. I think Free is hooked!
After ballet and Ari's cello lesson and play rehearsal, there was plenty of time for sledding and friends and snowmen. We had a house full of some of the kids' favorite friends until it was too dark to play outside, and all the hot cocoa had been consumed. Or spilled. :)
Outside, snow covers everything. Inside, Christmas lights glow and Sport Center drones. I hope your night is just as peaceful!