Princess Profile

Last year I carved our pumpkins to look like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. Marina just loved them!This year Marina wanted to help carve the pumpkins. She mostly helped clean out the insides. Just like last year, we decided to pick two more Disney Princesses to put on the pumpkins. We each chose our favorites: I chose Belle and she picked Jasmine.

Snow Day

We had a snow day today - sort of.

Marina's school is on Fall Break this week. (Where was Fall break when I was in school?) So when we got the snowstorm this week, she was already out of school. I had decided in advance to take today off to spend with her. We had more than 8 inches where I live. Today the great melt down began. So it was warm outside and the gutters were filled with rivers of melted snow. Marina had a ball!


While we were outside, I snapped a few pictures of her in her Halloween costume. After all, she is going to be a snow princess. What better backdrop could I ask for?

THANK YOU!

I am so overwhelmed by the support Marina got during the "Fairest of Them All" contest. Marina's Snow White picture ended up with 78 votes. That was enough to put her in the top 200 out of over 6,000 entries! That's an amazing result.

The pictures are still visible, but you can no longer vote. The highest vote getter had over 5,000. I have no idea how that is possible, but I don't think it was anywhere as cute as Marina's pictures. :-)

The winner of the Disney World trip will be chosen by the lovely folks at Disney. So we could still get a prize.

But I think we're already winners - thanks to our wonderful friends!

Picture This!

Since we had the matching Giselle dresses, I decided Marina and I should have our pictures taken together. So, here we are:

Of course, the best pictures were of her:

One more to vote for

Thank you to all of you who have voted for Marina's pictures. It's so fun for me to see the count grow!

I added one more picture to the site. I wanted at least one to have her full "Princess Story" attached. Unfortunately, I can't add the story after upload is complete. :-(

Tea for Two
http://family.go.com/princess-picture-contest/who-is-the-fairest/tea-for-two-17428/

Vote for Princess Marina!

Aunt Ann forwarded me an email saying Disney is having a contest: "Who is the Fairest of them All?"

Well, Marina, of course!

The hardest part was picking which pictures to send in. I submitted and had six pictures accepted. Please vote for Princess Marina! (You are able to cast a vote for each picture every day. Feel free to vote often!)

The Fairest of Them All
http://family.go.com/princess-picture-contest/who-is-the-fairest/the-fairest-of-all-15288/

Sleeping Beauty
http://family.go.com/princess-picture-contest/who-is-the-fairest/sleeping-beauty-15285/

Belle's Book
http://family.go.com/princess-picture-contest/who-is-the-fairest/belle-s-book-15287/

Castle Bound
http://family.go.com/princess-picture-contest/who-is-the-fairest/castle-bound-15274/

Off to the Ball!
http://family.go.com/princess-picture-contest/who-is-the-fairest/off-to-the-ball--15273/

Ariel Sighting
http://family.go.com/princess-picture-contest/who-is-the-fairest/ariel-sighting-15264/

Thanks for your support!

Monjer

A few days ago, Marina said, "Monjer," to me. She seemed very proud of herself.

"I don't know what that is," I replied.

"It's French," she said smiling.

Then the light bulb went off. "Bonjour?" I asked her.

"No, monjer. I learned in singing class."

"Do you mean 'hello' in French?"

"Yes, monjer!"

No matter how hard I tried, she would not accept that the correct pronunciation was not "monjer."

But I shouldn't complain. She has learned something!