Curious George and The Nutcracker

November 22, 2011 babyjohnson

Clara posing with "Clara" from The Nutcracker

sleepover with Eli

Last weekend was fun-filled for Clara and me. As she says, “It’s a girl’s day!” Saturday morning we went to IPTV in Johnston to see a pre-screening of the Curious George movie that airs later this week. They had juice boxes, water bottles, and Goldfish crackers to snack on during the show. Dan Wardell was there signing autographs. She saw him and said, “Hey, he’s on my tv!” Sunday afternoon she and I went to the Urbandale Library to see a shortened performance and read aloud to The Nutcracker, put on my the Des Moines Ballet. She sat silent and in awe of the beautiful little girls dressed in “princess dresses”, the toy soldiers, and the mice. She liked it so much that she wanted to stay for the second performance. The story and dances only took about 10 minutes, but she got to meet all the dancers and get her picture taken with some of them.