Friday, January 01, 2010

The story of the Nutcracker

Have you met my Dad before? Here we are in all our glory - we are not camera shy and are always up to try something new.

That being said, Mom also wanted to try something new. That would be going to the ballet and seeing the Nutcracker. Dad was a trooper and went along and actually enjoyed himself :o)
Have you met my husband Aaron before? If so then you'll know that he likes to tease and you can imagine what would happen if he knew that Dad went to the ballet. Dad actually kept it a secret for almost a year and then we found out accidentally. And then this happened. Dad now has a collection of "Nutcrackers". It started off as a joke, but then other people have started buying them for him. And now Dad actually quite likes his collection :o)

This year my boys picked these up for Papa. A collection of Nutcracker placecard holders!

1 comment:

Alberta said...

From Dad,
I can thank my Bro Steve for spilling the "nuts" i mean beans on this one...We were at a UFC party with a bunch of guys having a few "wets" when this for some ungodly reason slips out of Steve's lips( Joe went to see the nutcracker) and everybody heard...It was totally quiet in a room of mostly funeral directors, (Aaron co-workers) Steve and I....It was not a secret but was never intended to be common knowledge for Aaron either.So now it is common to get several nutcrackers every season. This year even my sweet mom got in on it with a nutcracker snowman in our xmas package tight next to the fruitcake,,,How fitting...Thanks everybody,,,The Big Guy