This year E still fit her fancy dress from last year so I decided to make a fun and casual holiday outfit instead. The bows are from another sewingmama :) She got a compliment on the bows from a guy (yep, a guy!) at Target..."I like your bows, Miss!" in a sort of english accent. I usually don't have to prompt her to say thank you, but she looked at him oddly and I ended up having to prompt her and she said 'Thank You' and smiled...then turned and asked me, "What does 'Lock your bonus' mean?" Lol...but she thanked him for saying it! :D She wore the dress a few times this season- to the Christmas Eve service, to a cookie party, out and about a few times. I hope it still fits next year (crosses fingers!)...she grows like a weed. She's grown 2 inches since August! Our 6.5 yo is now a hair shy of 51" tall- crazy! I was wondering why all of her pants were getting to be capris :P
This first pic is when she first discovered I made a matching dress for Lyzzy:
The ribbons on the obi are another Target dollar aisle purchase:
The other plays we saw this holiday season were Hansel and Gretel by the Old Log...what a fun performance!
We were front and center and got to get in on the action when the cat (there was a cat in this one) sat between E and J, and then the wicked old witch came and found her there, beat her back on stage and then asked J for assistance up onto the stage...took a bit of wrangling (intended) and with one final shove he got him (the witch was played by one of the regular guys- so funny!) back up. The witch turned round and gave him the eye, saying "Watch where you put your hands there, sonny!" or some such thing. E loved it! We always love the Old Log performances...I think I've only seen one where I was 'eh' about it :)
The other was just after the New Year...Cinderella at the Children's Theater- it had our favorite characters who played Frog and Toad awhile back as the ugly stepsisters- those two guys were hilarious!
I didn't much care for the girl who played Cinderella- she overacted and had quite the shrill singing voice. The Prince wasn't very lovable either IMO and his quiet voice was overpowered by Cinderella. The kids hardly care...there were mice puppets, a beautiful coach, the sets were divine and the costumes and other dancers and singers were great. All in all it was one of our favorites even with the performances by the 'main' characters- in this play the stepsisters and stepmother definitely ran the show! We still have a soft spot for Frog and Toad and of course our very first play there with E- Aladdin. Those are our top 3 :D We can't wait for Mulan this spring!
That should do it for my Christmas posts...I hope to have E write her cards early this week after she's feeling better. Will be nice to move on from all the holiday hulabaloo, much as we love that time of year :)
