Mommy Daughter Date at The Nutcracker
Kahlan is still too young to be in the Ballet West's Nutcracker, so I took her to go see it instead! It was our first Mommy daughter date, and we had a great time! We went to the Saturday morning show, because I knew that was the one where nobody minded kids talking and screaming at exciting parts! Glad I did, because she had lots of questions and comments. They had a few firework type special effects, and all the kids got SO excited! I told Kahlan which parts I was in as a dancer, and it was cute how impressed she was. My favorite comment though, was when the lead Arabian ballerina started dancing, and she made a sound effect like "Ooh la la!" The actual sound effect she made was funnier, but I can't remember exactly what she said! The meaning though was clear- "she's a pretty, sexy ballerina!" Ballet West's Arabian dance actually was my favorite, out of all the other versions I have ever seen! Gratton said that when Kahlan is actually in th