Wednesday evening we had our first chance for Ellie to see what it was like on a big stage. That is intimidating for adults, but even more so for my Ellie at four.
When we were waiting in the dressing room, Ellie told me that she was a little bit nervous. I told her she'd be fine. I tried to encourage her to have fun with the other girls. She sat quietly and colored with one of the other girls.
I thought everything was fine until when they were called to go onstage. Ellie instanly lost it and broke out in cries. Miss Megan tried to help and kept her from a full breakdown, but she was really skeptical.
She did make it on stage, but wasn't really able to do anything but rub her eyes in her attempt to keep the tears from coming! Poor little thing. My heard went out to her and I was also a little mad she couldn't do the right thing. I know I need to support her and I tried to tell her how brave she was.
We are hoping for the best on Saturday and trying to help her understand it doesn't have to feel the same way. She seems skeptical. We will see how it goes.
Poor Ellie. I hope she'll be fine. I remember how crushingly embarrassing it was to do that at that age. She's a trooper, however. Tell her to pretend she's just dancing in front of the mirror ;-)
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