Three Nuts in the Nutcracker

Today was the big stage debut of the Barkette's.

We had to have them to the theater about an hour early

for hair and makeup.  Here they are just before they were taken backstage.

The girl in the pink jacket is one of our friends from another cancer family.

 We weren't allowed to take pictures of the Nutcracker once it started...

so all you get is the curtain...

 and a pretty poorly lit "selfie" of Byron and I.

 But let me tell you the girls had a blast.

With their hair in ringlets and their beautiful costumes on-- they

were on stage for a good 15 minutes.  

They walked in with their stage "mom and dad", greeted the other guests,

gathered for an old fashioned photo while on stage and then were escorted

over to a sofa where they watched the professional dancers at the party.

Their handlers brought them to us at intermission where they joined us

to watch the rest of the production-- which was wonderful.

We loved the sets, the costumes and of course the dancers.

Each of the girls were given a Ballet Idaho gift bag which contained

a Nutcracker cast member t-shirt, a beautiful book and their very own nutcracker.

 And I guess this should not come as a surprise to anyone--

but the re-enactments have already started at home.