Nutcracker In A Nutshell

This year, since Haley's in ballet again, I wanted to take her to see The Nutcracker. I asked around one of my mom's boards and found out that there's a production called 'Nutcracker in a Nutshell' done here in Richardson. It's basically a scaled down version of the real thing, but perfect for kids Haley's age. I checked it out and tickets were pretty reasonable. Plus for an extra $5.00 a piece, you could go to the Sugar Plum Tea afterwards.

So yesterday was our "Mommy/Daughter" day. We went to the ballet, which was beautiful. The dancers were amazing. Haley was so cute sitting on the edge of her seat, watching. When everyone would applaud, she would too, so enthusiastically. Then at the tea, the dancers came out so we could meet them. I couldn't take pictures of the actual performance, but here's a couple from the party. Haley would not take a picture with the Nutcracker though! She was very shy around him!

Here's Haley and the Spanish Chocolate and Russian Trepak dancers from the Kingdom of the Sweets!



Haley and the Arabian Coffee dancer. She was so sweet! She danced as the Snow Queen as well. This was her first performance dancing with her new fiancee. He was her partner as Arabian Coffee and Snow Cavalier. He was also the Nutcracker, so therefore, no pictures!



And Haley's favorite, The Sugar Plum Fairy!


Here's Haley refusing to have her picture made anymore and heading for the car!