When she’s grown and flown, I will miss the thick deposit of glitter in my back seat.

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Until next term, I have zero more unmarked assignments. #fistpump

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From Shakespeare to Sondheim to Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, everything you "dew" makes us proud!

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My brother, in town to see The Nutcracker, starts a chess game with my son

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See The Nutcracker!@laurelballetperformingco dancers and full @westmorelandsymphony orchestra. Saturday 2 & 7; Sunday 7.

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Nutcracker dress rehearsal montage. Carolyn plays the Dew Drop Fairy Saturday at 7.

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The girl's entrance as Marley's Ghost.

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With a large ensemble, we saw many scenes of one person infecting another, which got predictable after a while. Even after they learned the intoxication spreads through perspiration, nobody thinks to put on rubber gloves.

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I made some progress.

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Progress.

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