The Nutcracker

The day after Thanksgiving was Ballet Etudes opening night for The Nutcracker! For anyone who doesn't know this is the Nutcracker I did for 12 years and of course it is my favorite. This was Paige's first time going and she loved it! She was so interested she wouldn't take her eyes off the stage the whole time. She especially loved "the girl" (Clara) and wanted to meet her after the show. Since I have the hook up with the company I was able to take her for her own personal backstage tour. She got to meet everybody and even got to sit on the throne! Thanks to my wonderful friend Erin who is my semi-annual date to every ballet we had a great night!

The coveted picture. Paige is so proud she is standing next to Clara!

On our way home from the show Paige told me that I was the Nutcracker and she was Clara. This is the game we have been playing since the show!

Defeat

I am feeling a little defeated right now. Just about little things in life. Especially cleaning my house! Whenever I clean a room I know the kids are going to come in right behind and me dirty it up again. So why not just leave everything as it is? Because it does feel really good to have things clean even just for a moment. I especially hate when I wash all the dishes and put them on the counter or the sink to dry and then one of those clean dishes or utensils are needed and they get dirtied up again before they even got put back. Same thing with laundry. Can't I just have every item of clothing or every dish clean and put away before something gets dirty again?

Paige loves to ignore me. I will tell her to do something 20 times before I just end up doing it myself. It is so annoying.

The kids are fighting with each other like no other right now. Wow. Peyton knows how to manipulate Paige and annoy the living poop out of her and Paige really knows how to react. She's a super star when it comes to crying and screaming. Here's a phrase I say 200 times a day: "Is that something to cry about?!!!!"

Nutcracker is barely coming along. I am nervous nobody is going to know what to do on stage.

My house is still the same as it was when we moved in. We have done a few things inside but it pretty much is the same as far as awesome wall paper and yellow paint throughout the whole house. Imagine a picnic blanket on your dining room wall with little fruits all over it. Imagine a faux brick wallpaper wall in your master bedroom. I said it was awesome.

But tonight I am going to enjoy decorating the Christmas tree in our new awesome house (I really do love our house despite the wallpaper) and forget about everything else for now. I am excited for the holidays to be here. And for the moment the kids are hiding from Josh so I am enjoying the quiet. Oh. It's over.

Halloween 2010

This year the kids dressed up as Alice in Wonderland and Link from The Legend of Zelda. They both chose their costumes and we were able to bring them to fruition! The had a great time dressing up and trick or treating at Josh's work. They have a great little activity for the kids at his work where the kids can do some Halloween crafts and games and then trick or treat at each office. It's alot of fun for the kids and I think the adults too.

Hahahaha! And this is at our ward Trunk or treat. My camera flashes really bright! It was really cold by the end and the kids were ready to go home anyway!

Pumpkin Patch 2010

I love this time of year! The kids and I went to the Snowflake pumpkin patch again this year and picked out the perfect pumpkins. (That was Peyton's goal.) Unfortunately I could never really get a good picture of the kids because the sun was in their eyes all the time. But they were good sports and we had a good time walking around looking around at all the pumpkins and going through the corn maze.

The kids had to answer questions and then go in the direction it told you to go. We made it out luckily.





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