The holidays are always hectic but fun in NYC. On some sunny days, the boys
headed off to the basketball courts with some old friends to run around. Battery Park City is pretty throughout the year, but when the crowds start to thin in the winter time, it can be particularly peaceful.
out of the building during the holiday season and to look at some of the wonderful museum pieces from the different time periods the kids need to know about.
In the Middle Ages, we found some nice items for the Christmas season -- my favorite somber wood carving of the Virgin & Child, and a little tiny crib for Jesus that people used to keep in their homes or castles!This year, in the Egyptian Wing, one of my students found these hidden shelves with some items from the pharaohs' tombs. . On one shelf were the tiniest little animals carved out of beautifully colored stones. It is amazing how much time you can spend at the Met and still discover new things!
And of course, what holiday season would be complete without some kind of musical performance. The kids in my school chorus did a wonderful show, but the Downtown Community Center really outdid itself this year.
. .They combined all the after-school dance programs into one huge Nutcracker with many different dance pieces.
There were over 150 hand-made costumes and a full dress rehearsal the day of the performance. Yamini was lucky enough to be Clara in the opening scene, and she got to turn the pages of the big "Nutcracker" book on the stage!
Finally, on the last weekend before the vacation, we took Yamini to see
the Mark Morris version of the Nutcracker ("The Hard Nut") at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. 
Our seats were awesome - obstructed view right over the orchestra pit - only a tiny bit obstructed, but we
could see the dancers so closely!!
The snowflake scene was just so beautiful -- male and female dancers leaping across the stage, as bits of snow flew up from their hands and sprinkled down on them while they danced. Pure joy!
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