Santa Claus, we never see. Santa Claus, what's that? Who's He?

Took the girls to see Annie today. Two twin mom friends came with their daughters too. It was playing at a very Berkeley theatre and we had good seats in the middle half way back. I could see everything, but the girls had a hard time and took turns sitting on my lap and fidgeting to get better views. They did settle in after a while and enjoyed the show. It was a decent community theatre piece, but the girls both in the chorus and leads weren't very good. I was surprised that these were the best little girls they could get. Not great singing. No real stage presence except for one kid. And generally fairly stiff. Not that I was judging.

Obviously the girls didn't notice or care and were happy to see it all come to life. Elizabeth sang songs from the show most of the rest of the day and Miranda announced she wanted to be an actress when she grew up. At age 11. (Elizabeth said she wanted to be a cheerleader AND actress.)

They are doing Pirates of Penzance later in the year and it might be fun to take them to that too. I remember that as being of the first "musicals" I ever saw life.