If you didn't already know, Madeline is very much into dancing. I can't convince her to take a class, but she loves pretending to be a ballerina and wears a tu-tu whenever we are home. Right before Christmas Grandma Hay invited us to go see the Joffrey Ballet Academy of Dance's performance of The Nutcracker. (One of her co-workers has a daughter in the Academy). We were thrilled to take the train downtown, see
real ballerinas, and spend the day together.
Our train got us downtown a few hours before the show, so we stopped at Macys to do some sightseeing and check out the Walnut Room. We were unable (and unwilling) to wait for hours to get a table and have lunch there, but we got to see the beautiful Christmas tree.
The Nutcracker performance was fantastic! It was a very intimate setting so we could see everything, and it only lasted about 45 minutes- perfect for Madeline. She was riveted the entire time, and when we got to meet Julia, Madeline just glowed!
After the performance we had a bit of time before catching our train home, so we stopped in at Borders to relax and get a hot drink. Madeline found a Christmas princess storybook and loved hearing the stories (multiple times!) Grandma even let her take it home as a souvenir of the day. What an experience!
If you didn't already know, Madeline is very much into dancing. I can't convince her to take a class, but she loves pretending to be a ballerina and wears a tu-tu whenever we are home. Right before Christmas Grandma Hay invited us to go see the Joffrey Ballet Academy of Dance's performance of The Nutcracker. (One of her co-workers has a daughter in the Academy). We were thrilled to take the train downtown, see real ballerinas, and spend the day together.
Our train got us downtown a few hours before the show, so we stopped at Macys to do some sightseeing and check out the Walnut Room. We were unable (and unwilling) to wait for hours to get a table and have lunch there, but we got to see the beautiful Christmas tree.
The Nutcracker performance was fantastic! It was a very intimate setting so we could see everything, and it only lasted about 45 minutes- perfect for Madeline. She was riveted the entire time, and when we got to meet Julia, Madeline just glowed!
After the performance we had a bit of time before catching our train home, so we stopped in at Borders to relax and get a hot drink. Madeline found a Christmas princess storybook and loved hearing the stories (multiple times!) Grandma even let her take it home as a souvenir of the day. What an experience!
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she looks like she is going to burst she's so excited!
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