Chloe and I went on her Montessori School field trip to see the Nutcracker performed by Stapleton ballet.  Ethan went with us and we sat next to Zander and his mom Ann, and Cooper and his mom Lisa on the other.  The mice were a big hit with all of the kids.  The dragon got a mixed verdict of being both very cool, but kinda scary.  I was impressed by the young dancers and the gorgeous costumes.  Photography was ix-nayed, so I couldn't preserve any of the actual performance.  However, it ended up being a gorgeous, blue sky kind of day with temperatures in the mid-70's.  Not bad for December!  So we snapped some shots and ran off some steam chasing the birds...