Taylor in the Nutcracker

Taylor as an Angel

Technical rehearsal for the Nutcracker - Taylor is right in front of the tall girl

Taylor is on her knees in the front on the left

Taylor is the shortest girl in the middle

Dress rehearsal - Taylor is in the middle with the tall girls hands on her shoulders

After dress rehearsal

Before her second performance

Nathan, Taylor and me (Zoey was with a babysitter) after her second performance

Taylor has been in ballet for the last year and a half. This fall she was able to be in the the Ballet Academy of Texas' (where she takes ballet) production of the Nutcracker. She absolutely loved being an angel in the Nutcracker. She was in two performances the first weekend of December. We only watched her second performance which was very well done. I was expecting it to be more like a ballet recital, not like a Broadway production of the Nutcracker. I was super impressed and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. Taylor was so cute and did great. She did stop in the middle of her routine and hike up her panty hose though (totally obvious), it just made us giggle a little bit. When we saw her after the show, she kept telling us how she wanted to be a clown next year and a sugar plum fairy. Sadly, she has decided to stop ballet and pursue soccer and dance. We are sad she is stopping ballet, but super happy she is picking up soccer! She loves to dance, so I know she will enjoy a hip hop dance class more than ballet.