The Day They Learned About “The Nutcracker”

I have such fond childhood memories of going to see Ballet West perform “The Nutcracker” during the Christmas season.  So I could hardly wait to take Katelyn and Brooke to see the ballet this year.  Until now, the only “Nutcracker” performance they had seen was on a Barbie DVD, so I knew they were in for a treat. 

We started out our girls’ night out with dinner at their favorite place, Subway.  We ate downtown and they found a spot that overlooked the giant Christmas tree.  A few minutes into our meal, a local high school jazz band started performing right by us too.  It was so neat and the girls already thought that “going to The Nutcracker” was great!

The ballet was at an historic theater in downtown Spokane.  The girls were amazed and we had a good time checking the place out.  It was beautiful. The girls also got some cute nutcracker ornaments as keepsakes. 

The girls absolutely loved the entire performance.  Brooke was hooked on Clara at the beginning of the show, but when the Sugar Plum Princess made her debut, I thought she was going to die.  They both loved every minute of it.

I really liked the ballet, but I absolutely loved watching Katelyn and Brooke enjoy it for the first time.  As soon as the curtain went up, I had tears in my eyes.  It was just one of those moments that I know they will always remember (just like I remember going for the first time) and a memory we will never forget.

When we got home, I noticed in the mirror that I had glitter all over my face.  Katelyn and Brooke both had me spray glitter in their hair for our big night out, but I was sure I didn’t put any on me, let alone my face.  That is when I realized that a good amount of that glitter ended up on me because I spent a large portion of the evening kissing them on the top of the head.  That is one of my favorite occupational hazards of all time.