Cheryl and Paul and their eight kids are going to Hawaii for Christmas so we began some family activities early. Madeline and Annabelle take ballet and qualified this year again for the Nutcracker ballet. Cheryl had to organize her driving to get them to the Capital Theater for practices for several weeks.
We were to meet at Siegfried's (that used to be a German restaurant) for a dinner before the start of the ballet. We ordered and then looked around for German Christmas treats which included Kindereier, Marzipan figures and of course Lebkuchen
I do not believe the people there are from Germany. I ordered a Schweinehaxen which was always a treat for new missionaries arriving in Germany. When they brought it out, it looked like a five pound pork roast. In Germany, the Schweinehaxen are smoked and small, but here it was roasted and huge. I could only manage a few slices and took this huge hunk of meat home. The kids all had Nuerenber Wuertzli and Spaetzeli.
We had he best seats in the house for the ballet; middle section of the balcony, front row. I was tickled with Annabelle and Madeline. Both came on in the first act. Annabelle was the girl in the blue dress and danced across the stage with the other children dancers for a very long time.
Then came Madeline who was the lead toy soldier and assuming a proper stance, was the soldier who shot the rat.
She is a very graceful dancer. Her movements were as the toy puppet soldier, angular and sharp. After the first act, they came up to the seats and received their bouquet of flowers. The second act was also very professional if you could get past the sprayed on tights of the male dancers. It was great.
The next morning, it was Xmas Breakfast with Santa Klaus at the Grand American Hotel. You have to sign up for this in October and cheryl and Paul invited us to go with their family. It was a spread on the order of the Laschinskyhof in Salzburg. What a spread and what a fun tradition. I am gradually warming up to the Spirit of Christmas and now to get our Xmas card out.
Alles guteDad
1 comment:
Those are some fun and festive activities! I don't know about that pork thing though.....it looks more like something you'd be served in China.
Good job Madeline and Annabelle
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