Nutcracker!

We repeated our one-year-old tradition of taking Daisy to the SF Ballet's Nutcracker this year. Here are some pictures-- Daisy wanted to do a lot of the same things, so it's a bit of a blast from the past. The main difference? The fake smile she has learned to put on in the interim between age 3 and age 4. Sigh. As usual, she was attentive and well-behaved at the ballet, whispering relevant questions. Like last year, she hid her head on my shoulder when Fritz breaks the nutcracker because that part upsets her-- but she acknowledged that it wasn't so bad this time. Oh, and she sat in her own seat the entire time! (Last year she sat on my lap.) She seems like such a big, grown-up girl to her adoring mama. PS--Some of the smiles are not at all fake, and I guess it's fair to say that even the big fake-o ones are not ALL fake because she was in such a happy mood... but you can easily tell which is which!