Nutcracker

It's that time of year again, that's right, Nutcracker! My daughter Katy is very fortunate to be dancing in Ballet Nebraska's version of The Nutcracker. She will be playing a baby lamb in the performance at Iowa Western Community College and will be a toy soldier in the performance at Omaha Music Hall all this weekend.

With this performance come several weekends of rehearsal which are under our belt but this week is a very busy week. Tech week! We travel to Iowa every day for rehearsals that last several hours and we are very lucky to be staying with family in Omaha so we don't have to commute from Lincoln every day.

I am gettting a lot of crafting done while Katy is at rehearsal. I'm working on scarves, hats and Katy's leg warmers. But Friday and Saturday I get to do what I love to do, be a stage mom! I'll be backstage with the girls getting them in their costume and on stage when it's their turn.
I am sad about missing our "other" daughter's first dance performance at UNL this Friday. Maryn is performing in two pieces at UNL's fall performance but thankfully Jason will be going to support her for all of us.

So I'm off to pack for our long weekend!

So very busy

I haven't blogged much just because I have been so busy! Katy is very busy with school work, piano, violin and of course dance. She's doing 5 competition pieces this season so her down time is spent practicing in our basement!

I am working on hats, scarves, leg warmers, rhinestoning dance wear and spraypainting props. I love doing this and some of the things I'm doing I'm selling to help pay for Katy's competition costs.

So thought I would be quick and say all is well, just super busy but once I get more time, I'll show pictures of things I'm working on!