Five Dollar Friday....

.........Last night was $5 Friday at the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle. Having no idea what it was but that it was cheap and a preview to the newest ballet being performed by the PNB, we (me and Eileen) hopped a ferry and met Michelle, Aundrea, Janet and Luna there. I was expecting to be in a theatre watching it on a stage. NO. it is done in the PNB studios, much like the ones our kids practice in at the DAnce Gallery only larger and with a very small audience. And it was NOT traditional ballet. It was very modern dance and quite odd. The company director was there and between sets would talk to the audience and answer questions.
........Luna and Aundrea had been taken by the mom's to a place in Bellevue called something like Libby Lu's? They had thier hair and nails and makeup done. It was very cute. Both girls had pink in the ends of their hair. It looked very different on Aundrea's blonde than on Luna's almost black hair.
........After the ballet was over they had juice and cookies and gave out posters of the new show. We got one for Erin, Aundrea's ballet teacher. Another girl, Jessica, from Aundrea's class was there with her mom and grandmom too. Jessica will be appearing in a local presentation of Nutcracker so we will go see that one instead of the one in Seattle.
........I called Aundrea to day to see if she liked it and she really did. I asked her if she wanted to go to the next one in January and she said yes, then she asked her mom if she could and mom said yes but grandma will have to take you. So that leads me to think that Michelle didn't have as much fun as we did.
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............Now for other news... there really isn't much. We have a new mama cat with 4 kittens. She is a very sweet girl and the kittens are very young. And very furry and soft. We have them in a cage with shelves on it and Roy gave Mama some soft cat food on a paper plate and put it on the shelf. Mom took a couple of bites and jumped down and pulled the plate down and shared with her kids. Today I left the upper door of the cage open so she can get out and I am not sure she has gone back in. It must be a relief to be away from the babies for awhile.
...........The other day Roy took Eileen to an appt and while she was there he parked down by the park to read his paper until she called him. ( he has his own cell phone now). A little kid was walking along and tossed something down for a squirrel and a crow dove down for it and just as he grabbed it the squirrel grabbed the crow and there was quite a fight. But the squirrel won. He said it was very funny to watch.
............. and that and the fact that we paid out a gazillion $$ to the vet for Cleo after the receptionist said "Cleo doesn't need an exam she can just have her shot!" is about all the news from here.