So, I just got through watching this show, and it was absolutely precious. Kristi was MCing and her little girl was there, and Scott was MCing too and his little boy Aidan was there - apparently their kids were born 2 weeks apart. Scott looks a little sick, still. I don't know what's up with his health since the whole benign brain tumor thing, but he looks a little puffy, like he's on steroids. :( Loved the little blurb with his son, though:
Scott: Do you want to tell them your favorite horse?
Aidan: No.
Scott: Do you want to tell them different kinds of horses?
Aidan: No.
Scott: Do you want to say no?
Aidan: Yeah.
So cute! And Aidan looks freakishly similar to what Scott looked like as a child.
Then, there was Jozef Sabovcik and his kids, Blade, who's big now, and Jozef, who looked to be about 2 and not very impressed with anything.
Kurt's programs were adorable. His son, Gabriel, has his eyes.
Jeni Meno and Todd Sand did a program to the Wiggles for their little red-headed baby, Jack. It was so cute.
But really, the show was all about Ekaterina Gordeeva and Ilia Kulik, and Daria (who is now 13!) and little 4-year-old Elizaveta (Liza). Katia and Ilia did awesome singles programs - Liza stole the spotlight, though! During Ilia's number, he was doing some variation of the Robot, and the camera cut to Dasha and Liza - and Dasha was grooving away and Liza was on her lap doing the Robot! It was the funniest thing I've ever seen! So cute!
Then, Daria and Katia skated together. It was awesome! Daria has improved so much since the Mother's Day Special in 2003. There's always something special about seeing Katia skate pairs, but with Daria, it's almost magical - like seeing Gordeeva & Grinkov again. Especially since Dasha looks so much like Sergei... It was really beautiful. And then, at the end, there was Liza... She jumped right off the lap of the person who was holding her, and started clapping with her hands above her head - "Woo! Woooooo!" the whole time, too! It was adorable! She looks exactly like Ilia, too, so it's kind of weird to see her and Dasha together - both feminine clones of their fathers. Kind of cool...
It was a really cute show. Can't wait til next week for the Hilton Figure Skating and Gymnastics special. (On NBC January 15th at 4/3c.) All my favorite things in one show...