Lydia Ballerina

Last week was so busy with all of Lydia's final rehearsals for The Nutcracker. But it was all worth it -- she did great! It was quite a production, with all of the classes from the Academy of Ballet performing. The older students danced all of the major roles, and the younger classes each had one scene. Lydia's class is the youngest class, and they were the party guests in the opening scene where Clara receives the nutcracker. On Saturday night, following the final performance, we attended a reception after the ballet, and then went home and put the kids to bed very late. As I lay next to Lydia that night for our "cuddle time" she said "I need my rest; I have to perform again tomorrow." When I told her that that night had been the last performance, she seemed confused. She didn't realize that the last two nights had been performances in front of hundreds of people because she couldn't see into the audience with the stage lights in her eyes. When she realized that she had been performing without even knowing it, she cracked up laughing. She is so funny!