The Nutcracker

After the Nutcracker Fiasco of 2010- the one where the stomach flu went rampant through our house and happened to hit my mom at curtain call and she spent the entire show in the bathroom- yeah....it was bad. We haven't had the chance to go back since then! But now that I'm back in town, and the boys have been obsessed with the Nutcracker since last year, we thought this was a good year to redeem ourselves and have a good showing at the KC Ballet! And we most certainly did! We went to the 2:00 show, so beforehand we grabbed some lunch at Panera and then headed to the ballet! 

We did valet parking- genius plan- and found our way to the lobby where there were lots of souvenirs and treats! After each of the boys picked out a Nutcracker ornament as well as a chocolate nutcracker, we went upstairs to grab a drink. Mom and I had a glass of wine, and the boys had water- but Wyatt ordered his special, with extra cherries! 

 We headed into the theater and found out seats. They were PERFECT! Granted, we picked them out online, but since we'd never been here before, we weren't sure if they were good or not. But I have to say that we had probably the 4 best seats in the house! Dead center, on the first row of the first balcony. No one sitting in front of us, nothing blocking our sights, just a clear view to center stage!!

 The show was beautiful, of course! The boys hung on every song and dance! They really did love it! Wyatt acutally fell asleep on my mom's lap the last 15 minutes of the show. Guess that Sugarplum Fairy is overrated when you're 4! After the show we headed to Chili's for an early dinner, and while we escaped the stomach flu, another kind of virus hit Grant at dinner and started off 3 days of him being sick with a fever! But at least it waited til AFTER the Nutcracker!! 

It was a beautiful day to redeem our last trip to the show and it was a wonderful memory made with my mom and the boys!!