FULLERTON, CA - Tonight Lindsay and Morgan came over to decorate Gingerbread houses with me. We made one for my house and one for their house. Aunt Julie and Dave helped us build the house and then we got to decorate it with the candy (we only sampled a couple pieces before they made it onto the house).

It seemed like it was going to be a while until we were done, so I kept saying, "This is going to take us 44 hours. 44 hours, Dave. Is that right? I think we'll be done in 44 hours." Luckily, it didn't take quite that long.

Thanks for coming over, girls...I had fun!

FULLERTON, CA - This is my friend, Matt. He came over to play today. We read books together and had a tea party.

BREA, CA - Just a cute holiday picture ;-) I just had to go sit next to Mr. Reindeer on the bench.

FULLERTON, CA - It's officially Christmas season. We went to find our tree last night...and we found a good one. Tonight we got to hang the lights and ornaments on it - my favorite part! Every time I hang an ornament I sing, "Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, your leaves are so unchanging."

FULLERTON TRAIN STATION - Santa is here! Kind of. "Santa" came to Fullerton tonight...on a train, hmmmm. Isn't he a bit early? And missing some reindeer? OK, I'll play along. Mommy and Daddy took me to see Santa roll into town on a train that was all lit up and decorated for the holiday season. There were some very nice firefighters there collecting toys for some other nice kids. I was happy to drop a dolly into the box - I've got enough of those (and might be getting more in a few weeks).

So the train choo-chooed in and everything was going great...until IT happened. Can anyone please tell me what pirates have to do with Christmas, Santa, the North Pole or anything even remotely holiday-ish?? For some reason, which I have yet to figure out, the "show" started with pirates yelling and being generally rude to the audience, as pirates will do. So even though I had yet to actually lay eyes on the big man in the red outfit, I'd had enough. I kindly asked my dad if he'd like to retire to the snack bar for some hot chocolate...BY YELLING AND SCREAMING AND CRYING!! I think I handled pretty well, actually.

Anyways, no harm done. I had some hot cocoa (with whipped cream) and then we headed home. Getting in the car I said, "That wasn't very fun, daddy. Please don't take me to see pirates again." I give him credit for trying, though. Maybe next year ;-)

FULLERTON, CA - Tonight was my first ever appearance on stage! I got to sing songs with my preschool class for our Christmas Musical. We were asked to dress up as "modern day shepherds," so mommy and Aunt Julie picked me out this cute little doctor's outfit. I'm thinking about medical school - hear that, dad?

It was so fun to sing and dance in front of all those people - although I never did see where mommy and daddy were sitting. I must admit, I liked the dancing/jumping/motions better than most of the singing, but I gave it my best shot. After I was done on stage, we got to go have dessert with Morgan, Lindsay, Aunt Julie, Dave and Mommy & Daddy. I had ice cream with caramel sauce...mmmm, good!

Here are some pictures my mommy took, plus a video that my daddy made of my big debut. Enjoy!

LA HABRA HEIGHTS, CA - Happy Thanksgiving!! Today is one of my favorite days. I made a turkey craft with daddy first thing in the morning, then I took a quick nap. After I woke up, Grandma and Grandpa drove me over to Dave & Julie's house where we were going to have our big dinner. I got to play with Judah and Leah and Zoe in the backyard before we ate dinner. I had so much fun pushing Judah in the roller-coaster-car!

There were a lot of people there for dinner - too many to count! Let's see if I can remember everyone: Mommy & Daddy; Julie & Dave; Nana & Tata; Grandpa, Grandma & Amanda; Don & Kathy (Grammy & Papa); Grandma Marie; Tom, Sue & Thomas; Nathan, Kristy, Judah & Micah; Steve, Arla, Zoe & Leah. I got to sit next to Zoe for dinner, and i got to eat ham, jello and rolls.

After dinner we got to have good desserts (remember the mini-pumpkin pies I made with Grandma) and play games. I even got to hold baby Micah and play "night-night" with Leah. When I was getting very sleepy, Aunt Julie read to me about Curious George.

I had a great Thanksgiving - thanks for having us over, Julie & Dave!

FULLERTON, CA - Grandma, Grandpa and Auntie 'Manda got here today - yay! I got to help Grandma make mini-pumpkin pies tonight...yummy! They're for all the kids at Thanksgiving tomorow. They look pretty good - I even got to have a little sample when all the ingredients were mixed together...mmmmmm, good. Thanks for helping me, Grandma!

FULLERTON, CA - I'm at preschool delivering my box for
Operation Christmas Child to Mrs. Shearer. Mommy helped me pick out some things for a special little girl and Aunt Julie helped me wrap it up. I hope she likes it!

LA HABRA, CA - Happy Birthday, Uncle Dave! Uncle Dave's birthday is coming up on Tuesday, but we got to have pizza, cake and ice cream tonight! We went over to Lindsay and Morgan's Grammy and Papa's house to have a big party for Uncle Dave. I had some pizza and fruit - and for dessert, peppermint ice cream...yummy! Then we got to help Uncle Dave open all his presents.

I hope he likes the shirt we got him - Happy Birthday, Uncle Dave!

LA HABRA, CA - We went over to Sean and Anna's house tonight for "Saturday Night Game Night" with some of my friends. Mommy and Daddy played a game called "Hats" with their friends and I kept busy by running around with Sean, Anna, Morgan, Lindsay, Hannah, Matthew and Isabelle.

Aunt Julie also helped us make "Turkey Cupcakes" for dessert. We got to use frosting, candy corns and sprinkles to finish the turkeys. Mmmm, mine tasted just as good as it looked. This was a fun night - I can't wait until we can do it again!

ANAHEIM, CA - Here I am spinning on the Teacups!

We went to Downtown Disney tonight to have dinner with Aiden, Eli, Ava and their parents. And guess who else was there!?! Kayla and Makenzie from Seattle, yay! They are in SoCal for the weekend so they brought their daddy over to have dinner with us. You can read about all their adventures in the great northwest here.

After dinner, mommy and daddy took me into Disneyland and I got to choose between the Dumbo ride and the Teacups. I chose the Teacups because I love to spin....and spin and spin and spin. In case you can't tell from the pictures, I really liked it!

FULLERTON, CA - Here is the feather I decorated for the big turkey on the wall in my classroom at Preschool. Do you like it? I used stickers, glittler glue, crayons and a couple other things for the finishing touches. I was pretty happy with the way it turned out. I'm so excited about our feast at school - I think it'll be real fun.

FULLERTON, CA - Happy Halloween! I got to dress up as princess Aurora tonight, do you like my costume?

First, we went to church for their Harvest Carnival. Sean and Anna picked us up - he was an army soldier, she was a butterfly - and we got to play games, color pictures, eat kettle corn, get our faces painted and jump in a bounce house. Wow - and that was all before 7:30!

Then mommy and daddy took me over to Aiden's house to go trick-or-treating. Aiden was dressed up like a firefighter and his little brother, Eli, was a knight. We walked around the neighborhood and people just kept giving us candy...all we had to do was say, "trick-or-treat" and "Happy Halloween!" Uncle Dave and Aunt Julie even brought Morgan and Lindsay over to meet us for the last couple of houses - what a nice surprise! After that extremely successful outing we went back to Aiden's house for pizza and candy...what a way to end the night.

Well, I'd better get to bed...I do have school tomorrow, after all.