The instructor, her name is Tatanya, brought all the classic belly dancing accessories. There were coin sashes that sounded like so many tiny bells whenever they shook. She also had bindhi stickers (for the third eye), shell bead necklaces, and veils. Goen refused to wear any of the necklaces, but he had a great time picking them up, dropping them on the ground, and putting them in his mouth. He wore a coin sash and a bindhi on his forehead, though. He is quite a sight to behold in his blue-striped onesie, multi-colored striped legwarmers, and orange coin sash. The purple beads really set off the whole ensemble.
A chance meeting with a woman at the park a couple weeks ago led to finding out about a mommy and me belly dancing class called Giggles and Wiggles. I was instantly intrigued by the idea and asked that she keep in touch about it. Two weeks later we went to our first session at the park down the street from us. It is in the late morning and ends right before nap time so Goen can run out some energy. The instructor, her name is Tatanya, brought all the classic belly dancing accessories. There were coin sashes that sounded like so many tiny bells whenever they shook. She also had bindhi stickers (for the third eye), shell bead necklaces, and veils. Goen refused to wear any of the necklaces, but he had a great time picking them up, dropping them on the ground, and putting them in his mouth. He wore a coin sash and a bindhi on his forehead, though. He is quite a sight to behold in his blue-striped onesie, multi-colored striped legwarmers, and orange coin sash. The purple beads really set off the whole ensemble. Instruction on classic belly dancing moves was interspersed with fun exercises and kid-friendly games related to belly dancing. Goen got excited when the veils came out. The wind was blowing, so they were particularly billowy. All the kids ran around and under the veils for a while and then we learned the proper way to hold one so that it will do your bidding (the "scissor hold" is what Tatanya called it). The setting and the activities were all to my liking. Warm weather, cool grass under our feet, and an outing that mama and baby can both enjoy. I am looking forward to next week and all the things we will learn in belly dancing class!
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Carley Biblin
Hi. My name is Carley. I love to sew, craft, and create. As a Jane-of all-crafts so to speak, I enjoy sewing, writing, cooking, drawing, photographing. But the constant thread (if you'll excuse the pun) throughout my weeks is needle arts. Archives
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