The Nutcracker

The girls and I wanted to start a new Christmas tradition this year. We went to go see The Nutcracker in downtown Chicago. The girls loved the whole thing and they each said their favorite dancer was the sugarplum fairy. Altough I have to giggle because during the sugarplum fairy's dance with the "prince," Caitlyn turns to me and says with this concerned look on her face, "It's ok for boys to wear tights huh." Then on the train ride home Emma came to the conclusion that the boys in tights weren't wierd, just different.

So I learned two lessons from our little excursion towntown. Number 1--Always know the ADDRESS of the place you are going and how to get there (Of course I would happen to catch the taxi that has never heard of the Chicago Ballet's Atheneaum theater) and Number 2---Always carry enough cash for that extra long taxi ride in case the taxi driver doesn't know where the heck he is going. :)

I think this was the girl's first train ride since we have moved here. Of course after about the first 10 minutes the coolnes wore off and they were wondering if we were there yet---um yah, just 70 minutes left.