So Ains called me the other day and asked, “Daddy – while you’re in town, can we go see the Nutcracker?”  Not being in the know with what goes on in Charlotte, I said “We’ll have to ask your Mom where it’s playing.”

Later that week while Stephanie was on the phone with me, Ains piped in and asked again “Mommy – ask Daddy if we can go to the Nutcracker.”  I told Steph if she could tell me when and where, I would look into it.  Steph replies to Ains “I’m not sure honey, I don’t know anything about it.”

Determined to go see The Nutcracker, Ains called me yesterday and said “Dad – Nutcracker?” I said “Honey, we have to ask your Mom if it’s playing in Charlotte – she didn’t know about it.”  Without missing a beat, Ainsley – who’s not quite 7 – replies:

“Dad, just tell her The Nutcracker is by Tchaikovsky, and there are some accents in his name if she goes to look it up online.”

So smart. So adorable. So my daughter.