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We officially wrapped up our more formalized school lessons and assignments yesterday, so today we slowed things down a bit and enjoyed some ๐˜•๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ fun together. โฃ
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I had purchased the ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ด Nutcracker audio show with Jim Weiss many years ago with good intentions every year to listen to it as a family, but year after year we just didnโ€™t ever have the time. But today I popped it in, and laid out some Nutcracker books we picked up at the library for T and BG to follow along while their big sisters finished a nativity sewing project they have been working on the last few weeks (@draw.near.designs).โฃ
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๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™–๐™ช๐™™๐™ž๐™ค ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™– ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™™๐™ง๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ!!! โฃ
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Before I knew it, feet were pattering down the hall grabbing a nightgown, sword and shield and one random sneaker. Our living room was quickly transformed before our Christmas tree, and we were all being transported into the story. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ! This continued for the full length of the 45 minute program with the big girls looking on, offering input and sharing stories from their experiences dancing in various versions of ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ in the past, while the younger too immersed themselves in the tale.โฃ
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This led into some Nutcracker-inspired chalk art thanks to Nana (@chalkpastelart)! T chose to draw the Nutcracker while BG chose to re-create Clara in front of the gigantic tree. ๐ŸŽ„ โฃ
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Now we plan to all snuggle in to watch a streamed full ballet version together as we await the approaching subzero temperatures and our first possible ice storm in TN! ๐Ÿฅถ โฃ
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