Advent

We were asked to light the first candle of the Advent wreath at church this morning. I read a prayer, the Father Jim helped her to light the candle. She was did a great job but was disappointed that we lit one of the blue candles and not the pink one.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Christmas Pictures

Okay, so I know it's too early to be discussing Christmas, but since I am ever the planner, I had her Christmas pictures taken today. We had three outfits: her Christmas dress, her Christmas day outfit (which is reminiscent of her family's Scottish tartan) and her Halloween costume. So here are the highlights:

Boo!

We went to the annual Boo at the Zoo today. It was a little strange that it fell after Halloween, but we were all still in a festive mood. Marina decided to be a snow princess this year. And as luck would have it, an identical snow queen costume was also available. When Marina asked me what I would be for Halloween (I haven't dressed up in years!) she decided we should match.

As per tradition, we went to the zoo with Cameron and Aunt Ann. Cam was dressed in a Special Forces costume. How cure they looked with him in black and Marina in white! It was a beautiful day, although it was a bit muddy after last week's snow and subsequent melt down.

Today's focus wasn't about the animals (Marina did insist on seeing the zebras and giraffes), it was about the candy. Since it was the last day of Boo at the Zoo festivities, many of the vendors were obviously wanting to rid themselves of as much candy as possible. Some of them put huge handfuls into the kids' bags. The result was Marina had a bag of candy she could barely lift!