Second Star to the Right...

“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.” 

Mi-ma and I took Colin to see his first ballet, Peter Pan, this weekend. He loved it!!! It was so much fun experiencing this milestone with him. It is very important to Will and I to expose the kids to the performing arts as much as possible. 

This ballet was perfect for his introduction to this particular form of the arts, since Colin had watched the Disney cartoon recently and we are reading the book. That exposure to the story helped since there were no words spoken. He followed it very well and it managed to keep his full attention.

He did a super job at being quiet. There were several kids there all dressed-up. The girls looked so cute in their fancy little dresses! One dad even dressed up as Peter Pan! So cute with his little daughter as Tinker Bell. I was not sure if Colin would like a ballet (versus a play) but  he loved it. He did think it was strange that they did not talk though. 

The above picture is Colin with the dancer playing Michael. He was very sweet. All of the dancers were. We also got to see Nana and the crocodile, but Colin did not want pictures with them because he could not see their faces.

We are already planning the next ballet we want to come down for...we are thinking the Nutcracker. I also want Will to take me on a date to Zoot Suit Riot (featuring Cherry Poppin' Daddies)!!

“When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.” 

― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan