"I Go See Ballerinas!"

Last night my mom and I took Kendall to the Mountain West Ballet's performance of The Nutcracker.  Tickets were reasonably priced so we figured this would be a great opportunity to expose her to "real" ballerinas.

Kendall and Nanny waiting for The Nutcracker to start

I was a little nervous - not knowing how she'd respond to the performance as well as the fact that it didn't start until 7:30 pm...30 minutes past bedtime!  She couldn't wait for the ballerinas to come out on stage.  She kept asking "Where are the ballerinas, Momma?"  My little girl was hooked immediately!  As soon as she saw them dancing on stage, she didn't want it to end.

She was able to follow the story fairly well for just being two years old!  She didn't like when the little boy broke the girl's nutcracker toy.  She also was concerned with the dragon blowing fire at the guy fighting him...she did argue with me over whether he was a dragon or a dinosaur though!  She also was upset that the little ballerina that popped out from under the dancer's dress pulled the tail off of the mouse (rat).  She thought that ballerina should have had a time out!

Kendall clapped through almost the entire first act.  She didn't care if you were supposed to wait to clap, she was so full of joy, she wanted to express it!  She's got her Christmas party at her dance class today so it should be interesting to see how she does...She recognized some of her dance steps in last night's performance.  She blurted out "plie popcorn Mom!" and "She's popping her balloon!"

I think going to see The Nutcracker is going to become a new holiday tradition for us girls!