The Nutcracker Tea Party

So one of my very favorite things right now is ballet.  I started taking a ballet class every Friday, and I LOVE it!  I get to dance and be girly and dress up like princesses and fairy tale characters, and it's pretty much the best thing ever as far as I'm concerned!  Anyway, since I love ballet so much, Mommy decided to take me to see The Nutcracker for the first time on Sunday.  It's a ballet about a little girl named Clara who gets a toy nutcracker from her godfather, and it comes to life and takes her to a magical place called the Land of Sweets!  

Checking out the stage before the show

I love Mommy and Cate dates!

Nana and Aunt Hilary came, too, and so did some of my friends from church.  It was called the Nutcracker Tea Party because there was a tea party before the show.  We got to sit at fancy tables where we ate yummy treats and drank lemonade out of tea cups.  During the tea party, some of the dancers from the show were walking around with their costumes on, and you could get your picture taken with them.  I was a tiny bit nervous at first, but I got over it pretty quickly when I found a ballerina who was dressed like Princess Jasmine!  When it was time for the show, all the kids got to sit on the floor up front by the stage so we could see everything really well while the grown-ups stayed at the tables.  Mommy was worried that I would get scared, but I did a really great job!  

I love using fancy tea cups!

The Arabian dancer looked like Princess Jasmine!

The Snow Queen was my favorite!

Posing in front of the big Christmas tree with my church friends
(and a few extra friends of Molly & Charlotte's)

It was so much fun seeing a real ballet!  I hope I get to go again next year!