Since Kerry's arrival on the scene, we've done some thinking about how we wanted to celebrate the girl's birthdays. Because the dates are so close, and for the moment, they are close enough in age to like the same things, we've done "combined" birthday celebrations with friends. (It also helps that Kerry doesn't really have her own "friends" yet...). We've done picnics, horseback riding, and then this year we decided to try taking some friends to the ballet.
As you can see, we decided to get just a little gussied up. :) Funny, but this particular event brought back memories of my sister and I having to dress up for different events as kids. I don't remember smiling all that much. (Patent leathers too tight, maybe). Anyway, the girls were very excited and naturally, it was another gorgeous day.
All in all we took six friends and their moms to "Aladdin" in Mount Vernon.
It was pretty difficult to get everyone's attention... they were all keyed up at this point. However, once the ballet began, they settled down and I think really enjoyed themselves. The last 15 minutes were the most difficult for everyone, but luckily the ballet ended with lots of dancers and action on stage. When it was all over, we even received a compliment from a nice older woman sitting behind us who mentioned she thought all the kids did "wonderfully" and were "very well behaved." (Yea!)
And of course, we couldn't just leave it at that. Jenica had specifically asked "when were (her)friends going to sing Happy Birthday" to her? So we went out for ice cream after the show, for some refreshments and a bit of singing.
Lovely.
Well, it was a good day. Makes me wonder: what are we going to do NEXT year?
:)
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