Who says mice aren't cute?

Lily had her first ever dance performance last night. She was one of the mice in the battle scene of the Nutcracker. Oh, was she excited about her costume! "It's so CUTE!" she kept saying over and over. She was also thrilled that she got to wear makeup (even mascara) but fortunately, after having to apply it twice in one day, she decided it wasn't all it's cracked up to be. The one thing she wasn't thrilled about was putting curlers in her hair. She was NOT amused when I insisted on taking her picture!

However, when we pulled the curlers out and she saw how cute her hair was, she decided it was worth it. Her hair is just like mine, super fine, and never holds a curl from a curling iron. But those old foam rollers really did the trick!

Lily's friend Liesel, whose mom is the famous woobie seamstress, was also one of the mice. (Thanks, Brooks, for doing Lily's hair! I'm such an amateur!)

Look at that tail fly!

I will post pictures of the performance in the next day or two when I have time to go through the bazillion pictures I took. For now, I'm off to bake gingerbread cookies with my sister, Becky, and the two cousins, Lily and Dani. I can't believe how good it feels to have an evening where I don't have a reprint order or editing hanging over my head!