The Princess and the Frog ... Finally

Marina has been dying to see the new Disney Princess movie, The Princess and the Frog, for quite a while. We had planned to see it the day after Thanksgiving, but apparently Disney changed the nationwide release date until today.

We met her friend Lily at the theater. The girls hugged each other as soon as they saw each other. They were so excited they were silly. They both loved the movie and are completely taken with Princess Tiana. They were a few scary parts, but overall they both highly recommend it to their princess friends.

Happy St. Nicholas Day!

St. Nicholas came by our church today to celebrate his feast day. Marina wa very excited to see him. She even got a nice bag of goodies to celebrate.

Princess Party

Marina was invited to her "best friend" Lily's birthday party today. She has been so excited. Every day this week she has asked me if it was the day for the party yet. She wore her Cinderella costume. The party was at a salon and each girl got her hair and makeup done. Marina and Lily were the first to have their hair done.

Just like at Disneyland, Marina was very patient when her hair was brushed and styled. Fortunately, the process didn't take as long this time.

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!