The Little Miss and I had girly time a few weekends ago and we went to ballet! It was our very first time seeing the Nutcracker and we both enjoyed it. The San Jose Center of Performing Arts has a children's matinee which is a shortened version of the original Nutcracker. It is only ONE hour instead of the usual 2.5 hr performance. It was great for the kids and we plan to go as a family next year. I personally think I could not sit through the entire 2.5 hour show so this version is perfect.
We have been reading the Nutcracker story since it was one of their Advent countdown books and in the book (if you don't know the story) there is a Mouse King...(which dies) and on the drive down Little Miss specifically said "I no like the Mouse King mama...He scary" So when the Nutcracker & Mouse King were out greeting all the kids in the lobby she was NOT very happy to see him! She ran straight to a corner out of the way for him to pass.
Near that corner she ran to was a long table with tons of Nutcrackers, snow globes and christmas decorations. I really wanted to buy one for her but $12 for a new nutcracker is just outta Mommy's price range especially since we got the exact same thing at RiteAid for $3.99! No joke, the were the same thing.
As we waited for doors to open for our seats we grabbed a little snack from the concession and they had the cutest bags of cookies that we both ate up, chocolate covered shortbread YUM! Overall the ballet was great and she did really well. She was VERY excited anytime Clara (the main character) would dance on her tip toes, she would say very loudly "she dancing on tippy toes mama! yook yook!" (yook=LOOK) It was the cutest thing and a very fun day spent with my Little Miss.
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That sounds like such a lovely time!
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