Friday, December 19, 2008

The Nutcracker

Posing like the little ballerina she wants to be
Annabelle and Gabrielle

Zonked out in the car 2 minutes after we got in and were on our way home

TOSP for dinner

All dressed up for our evening out!


Annabelle and I had a date last night with Aunt Andi to George Balanchine's Nutcracker performance in downtown Portland at the Keller Auditorium. It was such a magical night for Annabelle and for me. Annabelle did a lot of waiting for the Nutcracker....counting down the days on the calendar, then going out to dinner beforehand, then waiting for them to open the doors, then waiting for the curtain to open...she had so much built up anticipation she let out a little scream when they started the show! Krisitina and Gabrielle Thom joined us, so Annabelle had a friend to enjoy it with. We couldn't take any pics inside the theatre, so we took one in the lobby in front of one of the ballerina costumes they had on display. I thoroughly enjoyed the performance...the dancing, and my daughters reactions to the performance. She said her favorite part was the dancing mice and when they shot cheese at the mice to get rid of them. Hopefully this is something we will continue to do together throughout the years.

2 comments:

Misty and Matt said...

Looks like so much fun! I look forward to mom-daughter time with Kylie in the future.
Merry Christmas!

Jakob & Tina Nezbeda said...

WoW! Anabelle is still so very adorable! She definetly knows how to pose for the camera. And whats with the rich looking clothes Amber? You look very classy. I thought I'd let you know that Tina and I look at your blog often, seeing as how she doesn't comment, I will!