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Each member of our family is so different, like individual components of a symphony. But, like a symphony, each part is important to the overall structure and sound of the piece. We all work together to make a beautiful sound...our family. Just as the Lord knit us together in the womb, He is now knitting us together as a family, for His glory, outside the womb.

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Showing posts with label the Nutcracker ballet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the Nutcracker ballet. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

The Nutcracker and Piano Recital

We had a full and fun day on Saturday.  Cb's started us off with a magnificent performance of "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies" at her Christmas piano recital.  I am always so impressed with her confidence in performing.  I thinks it's great and I hope she keeps it as she matures.  I always get so nervous performing solos in front of people, which is why I play in a large group of musicians where no one can hear me.:)  Hopefully, she takes after her dad in that area.  He is a great performer and musician and I can see her following in his footsteps.






From there, we went to a lovely lunch in Old Town where we enjoyed hot dogs, burgers, fries and milkshakes.  Yum!  Once home, it was time for Cb's, F and I to head out to watch The Nutcracker.  B and I take turns taking them, so it was my turn this year.  This was also F's first year going.  They both enjoyed the performance.  Cb's can follow along with the story pretty well, so she gets what's going on, for the most part.  F liked the music the most.  He was humming along with the pieces he knew and he was glued to looking down on the pit orchestra during the breaks.  Actually, he was watching one musician who was playing a game on his Nintendo DS.  Still, he liked the music too.



Thursday, December 13, 2012

Catch up!


I have a few days to catch you up on for our Christmas countdown.
The kids delivered Christmas cookies to the neighbors.
Cb's helped me make Christmas gifts for their teachers.  We made chicken and pork rubs which we will decorate and attach a recipe card to.
B took Cb's to the Nutcracker.  I got all the kids a little Nutcracker doll before she went to the performance.  F was bummed he couldn't go, but we told him he will be able to go next year.

Yesterday, we delivered Christmas cookies to the firemen.  They were so kind when we showed up, welcomed us in and started giving us a tour of the fire trucks.  Then, they gave each kid a fire hat and sticker.  Cb's and F were playing fire fighters for the rest of the afternoon.  I was amazed at how excited they were!




Tuesday, December 13, 2011

The Nutcracker

 Sunday afternoon, Cadence and I got to go on a little date to see the "Nutcracker" ballet.  It was the first time for both of us!
Cadence loved it and thought everything was very pretty.  She wanted to know why there weren't any kids her age dancing (the youngest were around 7), because she wanted to dance with the ballerinas.  Thankfully, I read the synopsis to her before the ballet started so I knew what was going on during the performance when she asked, which was every few minutes.:)  The only thing that scared her was the crashing cymbals during the Mouse King fight.  She really enjoyed clapping whenever the audience clapped.
At the end, she thought that the main character, "Clara", and the nutcracker were going to get married.  Very cute!
A fun date and a fun way to celebrate this time of year!