Today we took the kids to the library to see “Nutcracker in a Nutshell”, a puppet show. We got there a bit early so the kids had front row seats on their little carpet squares and they were thrilled to see so many other homeschool friends there and find some new ones! We had five homeschool families we knew were coming and a few friends from church or the community that we were happy to see there. The kids were enraptured!

Afterwards we had an impromptu playdate with Toria & Brianna’s family – you’ve heard Toria mentioned, Brianna is her younger sister (3.5 years) and she and Moira were walking around holding hands and waiting for their playdate – it was very cute. I ended up staying to visit with Amy for a couple hours and having lunch with all the kids. Amy’s a wonderful, amazing friend (she’s the one that suggests any book and it’s a guaranteed HAVE to read.) It was good to have some time to visit and catch up with her. Then she sent Kit and I to run an errand with our younger two and watched our older two for a bit – we came back to find them looking for bugs and having adventures in the yard (it’s 80 something degrees right now!) and playing in the sandbox and having a blast. Amy does a lot of Charlotte Mason/classical like we do so I loved seeing that!!

It’s been a really good day.

Edit: I was in the Nutcracker when I was 13 and Christopher asked if I remembered some of my dances. I showed them this evening and let me tell you – cute is having your 2 and 1 year old chasing you across the room trying to leap like little ballerinas. It’s adorable, you should see them – Bennett’s got his arms up trying to do these delicate sweeping motions. Too funny… If Kit were here I would have him grab the video camera.