{"id":114,"date":"2015-12-24T05:16:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T05:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaumaison.wordpress.com\/2015\/12\/24\/twinkling-lights-and-the-land-of-sweets"},"modified":"2015-12-24T05:16:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T05:16:00","slug":"twinkling-lights-and-the-land-of-sweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2015\/12\/24\/twinkling-lights-and-the-land-of-sweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Twinkling lights and the Land of Sweets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tonight I took Jack to his first ballet as a special Mom and Jack date.\u00a0 He was hesitant about the evening, not convinced that he would have fun without snacks or toys as part of the deal.\u00a0 It turned out to be a great night of wonder and awe.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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First we took a pedicab from the theater parking lot to dinner.\u00a0 Jack was thrilled!\u00a0 There was a blanket for us to wear and a friendly driver who took us through the wintery streets of LoDo.\u00a0 Jack marveled at the lights everywhere and grinned ear to ear the whole ride despite the cold.<\/p>\n

We had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory.\u00a0 Jack has no appreciation for restaurant service, but managed to have an okay time there.\u00a0 They had pizza that he picked at while I enjoyed their avocado eggrolls.\u00a0 We made it a quick trip.\u00a0 Jack has had a sore throat and sniffles for a couple days and it was starting to wear him out.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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I took him around across the street to the Rocket Fizz candy shop and he REALLY perked up.\u00a0 We picked up an assortment of candies to suck on during the show to help with is cough.\u00a0 No pedicabs passed our way so we had to walk the few blocks back to the theater.\u00a0 Twinkly lights, soft snow falling, and smiling people everywhere – we didn’t mind one bit.<\/p>\n

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The show was wonderful!\u00a0 I like this newer version they’ve put together.\u00a0 The sets and costumes were impressive.\u00a0 I liked how they made Clara seem to shrink.\u00a0 They had good humor and magic tricks in the first act.\u00a0 The Dewdrop and Sugar Plum Fairy were really really really good.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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Jack liked it as well as I could realistically have hoped for!\u00a0 He was totally focused on the show.\u00a0 Laughing and clapping along.\u00a0 The magic astounded him – the tree growing, the sword going through the Rat King (via the armpit), the empty boxes suddenly having doll dancers inside, and the firecracker boom and flash when the Nutcracker doll transforms to human.\u00a0 He said he favorite part was the Chinese dancer who jumped on a pole and danced with a three-person Chinese dragon that blinked and wagged its butt.\u00a0 He also liked learning about the orchestra before the show and went to see them some more at intermission.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

I continuously fed him lifesavers candies to help keep his cough down.\u00a0 He sat on my lap the whole show.\u00a0 We tried the booster seats but the foam collapsed so much it didn’t help.\u00a0 On my lap we could whisper to each other when he had questions.<\/p>\n

He started to lose it during the snow scene, right before intermission, and again at the grand pas de deux.\u00a0 Very wiggling and sighing.\u00a0 I don’t blame him, that’s a lot for a five year old to endure \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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He had a really good time.\u00a0 I got all kinds of Christmas jolly feels and I think he did too.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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Merry Christmas!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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