The Nutcracker

Anyone who has met Kate knows that she can't sit still for more than a few seconds. She is constantly dancing, hopping, skipping, and prancing through the house instead of walking. She throws herself on the floor during conversations and she twirls around while she's talking to you. That's just Kate. Ellie's Brownie troop was singing at the Christmas Tree Lighting for Seaside last Friday and do you think that Kate could sit still long enough to watch? Not a chance. Of course I was crazy to take Kate, Lexie, and Nick by myself with no stroller or anything. They were wiggly....
Anyway, my point in all of that is that Andy took the girls to see the Nutcracker yesterday and he said that she actually sat still. She was so intently watching it - asking questions about what part of the song it was and just enraptured with the whole thing. So, it has been proven that she can sit in one spot for 2 hours. She just has to be VERY interested in what she's doing :)
The girls had such a good time. They got to sit in the front row, so they saw everything up close. Ellie came home with a blue Nutcracker, whom she named "Major Mint" and Kate got Barbie as "Marzipan" from the Nutcracker. They have been busy playing with them all day.