A few weeks ago, I noticed that tickets were on sale for the Ballet Memphis production of The Nutcracker. I remember taking a school field trip to see it when I was a little girl and decided that Ava might enjoy it. Since I knew Kevin wouldn't be super keen on this idea (in his defense, he would have happily gone along with his girls but he would really rather be home watching football), I thought this would be a fun girls day for me, Ava, and her Neena. Neena happily agreed so I purchased our tickets. Before the ballet, I thought it would be fun to spend a couple of hours at The Peabody Hotel enjoying the Christmas decorations and lounging in the lobby listening to the Christmas carols being played on the piano. As soon as we walked in the hotel, we saw the gingerbread village.
***I knew I wouldn't be able to take my camera into The Orpheum, so I had to take all these pics on my cell phone which I don't particularly like to use but you make do with what you have.
As we were walking into the lobby area, we just happened to run right into Santa! It was so exciting! He was off-duty at the time but he graciously stopped and spent several minutes talking to us and posing for pictures. He even had some extra candy canes in his pocket for us! It was totally unexpected to see him but a very, very cool surprise.
We took some time to walk around the hotel and enjoy the decorations. It was absolutely beautiful!
Ava visited the ducks
and made a wish in the wishing fountain.
We all got delicious desserts from The Peabody Deli & Desserts and found a quiet corner to enjoy them.
Once we finished our fancy desserts, it was time to walk over to The Orpheum.
Ava loved the ornate decor.
We found our seats and got ready for the ballet to begin.
I had no idea what Ava would think of the ballet but she seemed to really enjoy it. I thought with the length of it and the fact that there is no speaking she may be bored, but it really held her attention. After it was over, we went to the lobby and bought Ava her very own fancy nutcracker to decorate her room for Christmas.
She was very excited to bring it home and show it to her Daddy.
The three of us had such a fun, special girls day. It is definitely a tradition that we would all like to continue!
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