The Nutcracker

The girls and I went to see the Nutcracker yesterday. The ballet was put on by The Indiana Youth Ballet. http://indianayouthballet.com/services.html It was great! Grace and Luci would say things like, "It is so beautiful, " throughout the whole show. Luci's favorite part was the little princess, a three year old who did a small part with a boy about 5. The boy actually picked her up and they did this type of move: It was so cute. Luci also talked about the princesses with the long pink ballet skirts and flowers.

Grace's favorite part was when "Jazmine" was in it. She is talking about the part when they travel to the Middle East and wear costumes similar to Jazmine, the princess from Aladdin. Grace also kept referring to Clara as Barbie because we have the movie Barbie in the Nutcracker.

The funniest part, or most embarrassing, however you want to look at it, was when the prince came out to dance with Clara for the first time and Luci SHOUTED out with a funny laugh, "He is wearing tights!" Even the 2 dancers showed signs of hearing her.

We had a great time! I didn't bring the camera, but here are some pics from their web site.

Mermaids

How do I answer this question from Grace?...
Do mermaids really talk?
I just told her I had never seen one in person.

Also, if anyone knows some good reading for parents of pre-schoolers I would love some suggestions.

Raking Leaves

Grace and Luci's friends were unavailable for play today so they took the rake out and made some piles. Luci at first stated she didn't know how to rake. She used her hands to carry loads over to the pile. But then she got the hang of it. And then they jumped in.
They each made their own separate piles, until the neighbors finally came out. Then they all worked together to make a pile that "goes up to the sky" according to Luci. They used the wagon to gather leaves from all over the yard for their pile.

The pile was only half complete at this point.

Daniel missed the leaf fun, but joined them for playing in the sand table.

After about an hour they tired of raking leaves and built forts, ect. Grace put on her wig we got at the after Halloween sale at Wal-mart. Doesn't she look fab?

Mommy, I made you...

When I came home from a trip to the mall I was greeted by Grace yelling, "Mom I made you this bracelet while you were gone," and handed it to me. Then, Luci said, "Mom I made you this ball!" and handed it to me.Finally, Daniel came up to me and in his own language I'm sure he said, "Mom I made you this peice of half eaten cheese!" and handed it to me.

Halloween

For Halloween we first went Trick-or-Treating in Bartlett to see Grandma Brenda for the first time after her hip surgery. We had a great time.
Superman likes the cool candy box that talks like a witch.He also likes Popsicles from Grandma Brenda. Wonder Woman!!!
Super Man!

Super Why!!!Here is trick-or-treating on campus. Luci was in full character here. She took off running shouting "Super Why to the rescue!" The next day, the girls discovered the cool rings Aunt Susie picked out had lip gloss in them. And aren't they kind to share with the neighbors? (I blamed it on Aunt Susie when my neighbors were furious...Just Kidding Susie!)

Luci chose black and needs to work on her application technique.