This past Sunday the kids and I attended the much anticipated Nutracker Tea Party.  The show has been sold out for weeks and I was so thrilled to help promote it as a sponsor.  In exhcange I received a sponsor table for ten and we invited our friends Alexander, John Paul, and Cole and of course their moms.  In an audience almost all full of girls, our table of boys stood out and were the handsomest ever!

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After checking to get our seat assignments, we headed for our table and found the most wonderfully appointed tablescape imaginable.  It was beautifully done and the boys loved it too!  We waited for the rest of our guests to show up while the boys got acquainted with all of the dinnerware at the table. 

Shortly afterwards everyone showed up and the servers began bringing food to the table.  There was a nice little array of kid-friendly fare like turkey and cheese mini-sandwiches, crossaints with pb & j, cheese and fruit, and of course holiday cookies.  The kids were in heaven.

 

N's favorite part about all the great food and drink was the fact that he got to do something he's never done before.  He was enjoy three different beverages at the same time!  We of course had glasses water at the table but then a few of the boys ordered chocolate milk and then a while later our server was gracious enough to bring out fruit punch in festive glasses for all the kids at the table.  I just remember him saying over and over again, "I'm drinking THREE drinks!" as if it were a breaking news story!

 

Soon after, it was time for the show to start and we all turned our chairs to get comfy for the performance.  I was excited!  Probaby even moreso than the kids were.  Then again, I think Angie, Erin and I (the moms) were all very excited to be experiencing this with our sons. 

The show was fantastic and W kept getting out of his seat to dance, twirl, leap, and jump along with many of the songs (and dancers)!  The boys' favorite part was when the nutcracker took away the crown from the mice (rat, really). 

W loved the music and at one point during the show started in with his "dum, dee, dee, dee dum, dum, dum, dum, duuuummmm," attempting to sing along with the song!  Then when I tried to shush him he let out a "NO, MAMA!!".  I, of course, loved watching the graceful ballerinas.  N could hardly believe it when I told him that they were dancing on their tiptoes!

   

All too soon it was all over and we of course appluaded the performers and the orchestra.  The entire experience was such fun and I think I've established a new tradition with my boys.  N keeps asking if Nutcracker Tea Party only happens when it's winter time.  I answer him yes, to which he replies, "ooh, then I can't wait for winter again!" 

For more fun photos of this event, visit my Facebook photo album. ♥