Nutcracker Matinee

Today we got to go downtown and see a matinee performance of The Nutcracker!!  We were super excited, and got dressed up in the fanciest outfits we could find.  I was still hoping for snow, and there actually was a teensy tiny bit of it in the grass when we woke up this morning, and there was still a little bit of it coming down, too!  But by the time we left for the ballet, it had stopped and the sun came out and melted it all. :-(

Here I am checking out the little snow traces in the front yard.

And just for fun, here is a picture of me the last time I went to The Nutcracker, way back in 2008, looking out the same window.  There was so much snow that day I was afraid we wouldn't even make it to the ballet!  That was definitely not a problem this year.

Here's me and Hodel, all decked out in our fancy dresses and ready to go!  I love this dress on Hodel - she looks so good in red!

The ballet was amazing...all of us loved it.  My favorite parts are the snowflake dance when Clara first gets to the Land of Sweets, and the Russian dancers.  They go so fast and do so many big jumps!  Hodel liked the Russian dancers, too, and the Sugar Plum Fairy dance.  You are not allowed to take any pictures in the theater, but we did get a picture of us way up in the second floor lobby, looking out the window at some of the downtown buildings during intermission.

Only two more days of school till our vacation, only a week till Christmas, and only three days till Hanukkah!  Life is getting very exciting.