Maybe next year she will like him in person!

So Guiliana LOVES the idea of Santa. She loves him in books, on TV, in songs, from about 25ft away, but up close... Not so much!! I took her along to my company Christmas party last Friday and they had Santa stop by to see the kids. I thought maybe if I sat with her she would start to like him but that didn't help either!
She is cute though... If you ask her what Santa is going to bring her she says "a bike" "a Tinkerbell bike" Maybe next year we can get her to sit on his lap, and if that works out then its off to the Polar Express the following year. Here it the picture of Guiliana who is clearly traumatized by Santa and me smiling hoping that her and I can get a good shot with Santa. It looks like I am laughing but I really felt awful for her!!

Guiliana and her 1st Gingerbread house!

One of the many traditions that I wanted to start with my daughter is the making of a gingerbread house together. It was a messy but fun adventure. I of course had to assemble the house (which is not very easy might I add! The roof kept wanting to slide off!) but she did most of the decorating by herself. Here are some pictures of our "creation"










We didn't even realize till after that we had made a gingerbread house very similar the ceramic one that plays music, that Uncle Paulie gave Guiliana last year for Christmas!

G sings Twinkle Twinkle... THE WHOLE SONG!

ZOOLIGHTS 2009

Last night was our 2nd year in a row going to ZOOLIGHTS. Guiliana had a lot more fun this year because of her love for lights. Her favorite part of last night was the dancing musical trees. She rocked out to the music. We joined Grandma and Granpda, the Romero family, and Debra and Kendal. We enjoyed some kettle corn and warm hot chocolate. It was an enjoyable holiday evening.

Christmas Tree Charity Event

Yesterday I joined my friends Diane, Karen, and Sharon at the Camelback JW Marriot to decorate a tree to raise money for The Maricopa Burn and Trauma Center. Karen started purchasing items in August just to make sure that she had everything that she needed. This tree was her vision and it was absolutely outstanding! It was a big job but was for a great cause! Our tree was auctioned off for $12,000 and came in 2nd place behind the Fire Dept's tree. This tree made mine at home look like Charlie Brown's Christmas tree but, I learned a lot of new techniques and will be utilizing them next year.






















Here are some of the other decorated trees. The second to the last picture was the winner but only beat us by $1,000.

"Snow" (at Desert Ridge)

Last weekend we went to Desert Ridge to enjoy a little fake snowfall.