Dickens Festival

Ellie's school choir sang at the Dickens Festival on Friday. They were great and when I get a chance
I will try and figure out how to download video onto
this site. Ellie was great despite feeling really sick-she has Bronchitis and Strep throat and is a sick little girl. She ended up in tears in the middle of the performance because she felt so lousy. She sat out for a couple of songs and then was able to sing with the choir for the remainder-brave little kiddo.

Jubilee of Trees

We had so much fun at the Jubilee of Trees. It's an event organized every year to raise money for different programs at the hospital. This year they were raising money for breast cancer. Businesses and (wealthy) individuals donate the trees which are designed and put together by people with more creativity in their little fingers than I have in my whole body. Then they auction off the trees (to more wealthy people) and make a LOT of money. The girls LOVED the trees. Ellie took about 182 photos with my camera. Only featured a few here-thanks Ellie!
Ellie was thrilled to see Santa. Mia was a little confused about the normal protocol. I think she was just excited to get the candy cane at the end... Figures...

Need I say more?...







We LOVED the "Joshua Tree". It was so original-I heard it fetched $9000 at the auction.











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A Coca-Cola tree!!!! Could have picked it up and put it right in the middle of my living room :) Check out the Santa coming down the chimney to grab a bottle. Man after my own heart :)

Mia's Birthday Party!

We FINALLY had a birthday party for Mia about a month late (yeah, it was kind of a crazy month-what's new?). She wanted to go to Jumpin' Jacks and jump around with all her buddies. She had a lot of fun and loved her fairy ice cream cake and all her presents. Her Mom and Dad loved the fact that the kids were not running around their house and creating a huge amount of mess and chaos :)

Yummy ice cream cake...

Liah looking a little freaked out...

The Birthday Girl