My Angel in The Nutcracker Ballet

Claire has been taking ballet for about four months.  Her teacher, Ms. Farry, owns The Dance Pointe in Tulsa and is the head of the South Tulsa Children’s Ballet, a non-profit organization that puts together two major productions every year – The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty.  Claire was cast as an angel in this year’s production of The Nutcracker.

Claire had her own fan club in the audience – Mommy, Daddy, MiMi, PopPop, Uncle Duie and Aunt Jodi.

We had the best seats in the house on the third row.  

The whole ballet was very entertaining and enjoyable.  (low light = blurry pictures)

My Angel

The video is very poor quality due to the stage lights, but it’s still funny.  Most of the little girls who knew their routine very well going into the performance just stood there and watched liked spectators.  Claire was no exception.  You can hear us talking and laughing throughout the video.

Claire appeared to be a bit awestruck by the big angels’ costumes.  She didn’t do most of her routine.  At one point she was supposed to turn, and she got this huge grin on her face and just started twirling.  She had a blast!  She was just too cute!

At the end of the production, each group of dancers returned to the stage to take a bow.  The Angels

Again, this video is very poor quality.  Claire saw us and yelled out, “Hi Mama!  Hi PopPop!  Daddy!  MiMi!  Uncle Duie!  Look!  There’s my family!”  She was so excited to see us!  How adorable!!

After the ballet, Claire’s daddy gave her roses.

We love our Baby Angel!

Claire and her ballet teacher, Ms. Farry

Great job, Sweets!  We’re so proud of you!  Love you much!!!

Letter to Santa

This year was Claire’s first time to write a letter to Santa Claus.  I found this adorable little mailbox for her to “mail” her letter.

Claire dictated her letter to Santa, and I wrote it out for her.

Claire’s letter

A few days later, she received a reply from Jolly Ol’ Saint Nick.

Thank you, Santa, for taking the time to write my sweet baby girl.  She was so excited to receive it and is so excited about Christmas this year!

My Girl Is Amazing!

She has done some fabulous things this past week.  Here’s a glimpse into her world.

Coloring with sidewalk chalk – What an artist!

 

She tried on her costume for The Nutcracker.  She will be an angel.

Claire’s ballet class – Harley, Ildri, Claire, Lilly and Dayna

She started coloring Christmas cards.  (I think she’s an amazing artist for a three-year-old!)

Claire got her first haircut yesterday.

Before pics

During (She loved the pink cape!)

After pictures will follow.  Her hair has been worn up ever since her haircut since she has been in costume or cooking.  Her hair looks great!   

Today she made homemade pizzas for us for lunch!  They were delicious!

 

Claire went to the Fall Festival at Church last night dressed as a monkey ballerina with Mulan (Analise), Minnie Mouse (Allie) and her monkey brother.  I will post a separate post on our family blog with pictures from the Fall Festival later in the week.

Twinkle Toes

Claire is loving ballet!  She will be performing as an angel in The Nutcracker on Saturday, December 1st.  We are so excited about her upcoming performance.

Until then, here are some highlights from her classes.

I’ve taken a few videos during class, but the audio isn’t very good on them.  I’ll try to get a better video this week to post next weekend.