Last weekend started off with my Company Christmas party Friday afternoon/evening. All of the Doctors have kids so it always becomes a family event. Guiliana came with me this year and had fun. Towards the end of the party Santa showed up and she actually wasn't afraid. Now we aren't ready to sit on his lap but we made eye contact, waived a bunch of times and blew kisses. She talked about seeing Santa non-stop that weekend. I think next year we will finally make it onto his lap! Then Saturday night we went out to dinner and then took some pictures in front of the BIG tree at Desert Ridge. After,we took a trip to the JW Marriott at Desert Ridge to see the HUGE gingerbread house. It was AMAZING! Every year they pick a different scene and this year they created the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. That was one of my favorite movies when I was growing up so I was very excited. There was so much attention to detail. Guiliana's favorite part was the train that went around the factory. She is really into trains.
This weekend we didn't go out and do anything festive (Mommy and Daddy enjoyed a night out while Guiliana hung out with her Grandparents) but we did follow one of our traditions of creating something out of Gingerbread! This year we chose the Gingerbread train. It was A LOT easier to put together than the house we did last year as it stuck together easier and didn't fall! Gules loves creating (and eating the candy too!!) so this was a fun thing to do together. Then later in the day we went to Guiliana's friend from school's Fairy Princess party. We were asked to find some fairy wings but I wasn't able to find any. So we went to the store and she picked out an adorable purple frilly dress (meant for dress-up) She LOVES it and twirls in it and says she is a ballerina. She actually decided this morning that she needed to wear it all day today too!! After we picked out our dress it was time to get a gift for Sarah. I wasn't sure how this was going to go over... her picking out something and understanding that it wasn't for her. Well, she did great! She picked out an Ariel doll (her favorite) that she already has herself. She kept telling me this is for Sarah but I have one first. We also picked out some princess PJ's. It was adorable when Sarah opened her gifts. Gules kept saying, "I got that for you"
Things to look forward to this week: Short work week for Mommy and Daddy and baking cookies for our traditional "Making Cookies for Santa" all together on Christmas Eve. Guiliana had an option to make a plate in school and after the kids decorated it the parents could choose what they would like the plate to say. I wanted it to say "Cookies for Santa Love, Guiliana" So we are excited to make and decorate cookies and leave them out for Santa on her new plate. Guiliana also has her Christmas party this Thursday that she invited Grandpa to. ( I always attend these parties but she always thinks that when she sees me that it's time to leave! So I am going to sit this one out and see if she enjoy the party with Grandpa)
Here are all the pictures from the last couple of weeks.
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