The Nutcracker

For Carly and Joiner's 4th birthday, we are not having a party this year. Instead we are having a special day where everything is about them. The highlight of the day will be to go see the Nutcracker Ballet. They love ballerinas and dancing and we think they are old enough this year. Tickets went on sale a few weeks ago and if you went on the day the box office opened you got $5 off a ticket. This was a big savings when you consider our entire families will be there! Anyway, we went right after our soccer game to buy the tickets. The girls were so excited.

Part of the opening of the ticket sales was a special visit from some of the ballerinas and the Mouse King. You can't see him in the picture because I asked him if he could walk away (sorry) but the Mouse King is obviously close enough that both girls are terrified.

Here is the 2nd picture and you can see that Carly has slowly moved behind me and Joiner is not even looking. What a fun family memory. I have to admit that the Mouse King was a little intimidating.

So we got outside with our tickets and the free hot chocolate the girls were given. I think the hot chocolate canceled the Mouse King.