And Another Thing...

The Nutcracker, sweet

The girls playing ring-around-the-rosie with a whole gaggle of other girls during the Sugar Plum Tea before the performance.  It was so much fun to see so many girls having so much fun!

More fun pre-performance.

This was Saragh's first Nutcracker and she was thrilled with the whole thing!  Here she is anxiously awaiting the beginning of the ballet.  I remember two other little girls being just as excited for their first Nutcracker.

These two are old hats at this Nutcracker thing.  They were just as excited this year as they were last year and I think they loved it even more this time.

Very fuzzy picture, but it shows you how good our seats were.  We try to get the first row balcony so that the girls have an uninterrupted view of the ballet.  They can stand here and move around a bit more than they could on the main floor.

More Dan Zanes

This is a contraband video taken at the concert.  If you listen closely at the end, you can hear an usher telling me "No pictures."  I did have to argue a little that it wasn't actually a picture, but a video. Ah well...



Again, the quality is pretty bad, but you'll get the gist of what was going on.

Dan Zane's Wild Party!

The kids all waiting anxiously for the party to commence.

Some contraband pictures of the band.  We weren't supposed to take pictures, but when have I ever listened when someone told me not to do something!

The first thing Dan said when he got on stage was "We were asked to do a concert and that's great, but would you mind if we had a wild party instead?"  What do you think the kids' answer was?  I actually don't know.  I couldn't hear because the frenzied screaming was too loud!

We had a great time and would do this again in a heartbeat!  Okay, off to take a nap now.

 

The Planets - A Concert

Oliver, Braidon and Olivia went to see The Planets this afternoon.  There were songs from Space Odyssey 2001 and Star Wars.  There was also an instrument petting zoo before the concert and the kids got to try out different instruments.  The conductor used a light saber for the Star Wars theme song in stead of a baton!  They had a great time!  We have a video too and I'll post it as soon as I edit it down a bit.

More Birthday Pictures

The birthday girl in her snazzy crown and fabulous party dress.

 

She knew exactly what to do with those candles!  We didn't even get to finish singing before she blew them out!

 
 
We are very excited about the whole cake and ice cream deal.

The gift opening spectators about to have a cow waiting for Saragh to start opening!

Saragh loved the hand bells that Grammy and Papaw gave her!

It was a great day to get a raincoat because it stormed on and off all day.  Catherine and Rick think of everything!

Becca and Lucy loved the new wagon from Grandma and Grandpa just as much as Saragh did!

Why do I have a headache today?