Nutcracker

Keely was in her first ballet performance ever this year. She danced as an angel in the Nutcracker

I had no idea what we had gotten ourselves into! Rehearsals were constant and long and exhausting..while she practiced, I sewed costumes..it was like our second home for a while there :)

Dancing 4 and 5 days a week, I was worried that she was going to be burnt out by the end and hate ballet (like jazz), but to my suprise, she just loved it more and more.

Aren't they cute?! She is 2nd from left...on stage they each hold a candle - the stage was dark with little lights for stars everywhere and fog on the ground. It was really beautiful and she did awesome in all 7 performances :) If she sticks with it, this will become a Christmas time tradition and you will be seeing many more pictures :)