Firsts
I just vacuumed the house and then mopped the worst bits. These aren't very Saturday night-y activities, or at least they wouldn't be if I hadn't yanked the cork out of the wine bottle at 5 this afternoon. Everything's looking a bit rosy, even a little housework, especially housework that helps clear the way for other activities, such as sewing bean bags for the game we're making Henry for Christmas, which is what I had planned on doing after vacuuming but which I have officially put off until tomorrow night in favor of snuggling up to chips and dip and a little tv. Hey, I'm tired. I vacuumed. And mopped. A little.
Anyway, on to some firsts. Holly had her first hair cut today. She wasn't thrilled. She didn't fully grasp the idea of looking in the mirror to see what was going on, and so she kept turning her head around to try and get a glimpse of the scissor action. It didn't work out very well for her, other than she got a cute little haircut and a Christmas cookie to help her feel better. Hmmm, so I guess it did work out pretty well for her. We are now the proud owners of an envelope full of Holly's baby hair. My baby. Excuse me while I go have another little sip of wine.
The other first was we watched the San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker this evening. We started out watching it on PBS. Henry was pretty into it. He asked lots of questions about everything that was going on. When the first act ended, we watched a few ads, learned about the inspiration for the productions sets, and just as Kristi Yamaguchi was about to talk about the costumes, they cut to ads showcasing construction stuff, then aired an episode of "This Old House". Now I'm just as much a fan of Tom Silva as the next person, but that was very badly done, PBS. Fortunately, we were able to rent the same version on Amazon's Video-On-Demand. Act II is not to be missed. Henry's favorite was the russian dancers. 30 seconds into their dance he said "Now this is the Nutcracker." I grew up watching the 1977 Baryshnikov version, so I'll always be partial to that one, but it was a lot of fun to watch it with Henry.