The Nutcracker

Awed by everything—from the Giant nutcracker that greeted us at the entrance, to the ornate gold details of the Ohio Theater, to the enormous chandelier and elaborate ceilings, to the musicians warming up and the stand where the "boss" (conductor) stands to conduct—the girls collapsed in the car on the way home at the end of our busy day! We spent the afternoon shoveling the drive and walks, bathed and dressed before dropping Charlie off at Grandma's, ate dinner at the Spaghetti Warehouse and enjoyed dessert at Stoney River afterwards. The evening was a fitting start to our Christmas break and the holiday season!

Thanks to everyone who made the evening possible: my niece Katie and her two friends who stood in line with their BuckIDs to buy tickets; Uncle Kevin for washing/drying the tickets in the laundry and then calling to get them replaced; CAPA for slightly upgrading our tickets to pretty decent seats; the grandparents for watching Charlie for the evening; and for dear hubby who drove from Marysville to downtown Columbus in the freezing rain.