Gigi made a card for Santa and we cut out some pictures of toys from the Toys R Us catalog and pasted them inside to give Santa some ideas. We had a fun discussion during the process. She wasn't quite getting the concept of "ideas".
Tomorrow starts the 25 days of Christmas. The magical sleigh has found its way under the tree & it's ready for Santa's elves to bring a present! I can't wait to see what's in it!
Well tonight we said goodbye to a friend we never even met...we had our last visit from the Writing Fairy. It makes sense. Gigi is doing much better with her handwriting practice & we can see a big improvement. She cannot write any letters on her own yet other than "GiGi" but she is much better about tracing than when we first started practicing a few months ago. She really doesn't need the encouragement the Writing Fairy provided plus it's Christmas time now & the 25 days of Christmas will be here very, very soon! We wouldn't want any competition between Santa & the Writing Fairy!
Her last surprise was a book called "One Hundred Shoes" with a pair of slippers and a letter from the Writing Fairy himself!
We had a wonderful vacation in New Jersey for Sara's wedding. Gigi was a lovely flower girl! We enjoyed visiting with family & friends. We had a fun Thanksgiving at Aunt Jen's. Gigi loved playing with her cousins on the playground & riding around on the Christmas decorated golf cart! We let Daddy talk us into going out into the madness that is Black Friday shopping but we did have a great time laughing at the Muppet movie. We finished up our vacation with a visit to Sea World where it was full of Christmas cheer! Now we are ready for school & back to our normal routine as we prepare for Santa's big visit!
The shows were great and the decorations were beautiful. We had a wonderful afternoon and night!!!
We're having a wonderful day at Sea World. It's all decorated for Christmas & there are lots of Christmas shows too. On the way in I reminded Gigi that there won't be any trick-or-treating like at Halloween time and she told me that at Christmas time you get candy canes and sure enough they were giving out candy canes. Smart kid! She actually licked one for a while!
She's got chicken fingers & all her Muppet friends...we're ready!
We've been waiting a long time for this movie & we're super excited! Gigi decided to take a nap on the way to the theater so we had to go later than planned but now she'll be wide awake for the movie!
On our way to Aunt Jen's for Thanksgiving dinner w/ our little native American princess, Pocahontas.
Daddy had a fun drive with Gigi to school discussing such important matters as Little Mermaid and airplanes. She was just a little clingy walking in, but then took off without a glance back to play with her friends. Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android |
The parade was so much fun, the castle show was delightful, Gigi loved the dance party, but I think she had the most fun on all the rides in Fantasyland! There were no lines when we made it back there! I don't mean a 10 min wait or even 5 min...I mean walk on immediately!!! It was awesome! She got Belle AND the Beasts autograph for her book as well as Peter Pan and Wendy!!! We saw some princesses & Mickey and Minnie before the party started. Oh and we got to see all 7 dwarfs together again like at the Halloween party. I didn't even think about buying a dress this time! LOL! Of course I was kicking myself because we did buy a Snow White Halloween costume (much less $$ than the park dress) but we are saving it for Christmas. I might have brought it if I knew they were going to be there. But she did look adorable as a snowman!!! We had an amazing afternoon and night!!! The Christmas season has officially begun for us!!!
We're on our way to Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party!!! Gigi was so tickled to have a special Christmas themed costume to wear for the festive event!
Despite the tag, this is Dan writing, not Denise. It was such a pleasure to drive Gigi to school today. We had a fun conversation in the drive about cars, colors, M&Ms, and many other important topics. It was so sweet to walk her in and wave goodbye as she joined her friends. I really need to do that more often!! Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android |
Gigi is 44 months old today!!! She had an amazing October filled with lots of Halloween fun. She grew a 1/4 of an inch this month & she weigh 29.6 pounds. We are very excited to welcome the cool, crisp November weather and looking forward to Christmas time!!!
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