Dear Santa Claus

This year Hannah realized that we don't have a fireplace and was very concerned that Santa wouldn't be able to get into our house because of our lack of a chimney. So to allay her concerns, we made a special key that Santa would be able to use to get into our house. According to Hannah, it was also a musical key and so we had to sings Christmas songs to it.

We put the key into her letter to Santa. She was so excited to write in it all be herself. I'm sure you can tell what part she wrote and what mommy helped with. She also did the snowman on the front all by herslf except for the hat which mommy cut out for her.

Flower Fairy

Hannah is still loving ballet and yesterday had her second recital. Her dance school did "The Littlest Nutcracker" and Hannah was a flower fairy. It was so cute and I am so proud of her!

Disneyland

We just spent the last three days at Disneyland and can I say that I LOVE Disneyland!!! We've been looking forward to this trip for about a year and I don't know who was more excited, Hannah or me. We had such a great time spending time together as a family while experiencing all the magic of Disneyland. Hannah was just the perfect age. It was so wonderful and fun to see her face light up when she met her favorite characters and went on the rides.

***WARNING***** this post contains a crazy amount of pictures!! With the two cutest girls in the world how do you edit?? So proceed at your own risk.

Here's Hannah all set in her Snow White dresses ready for her first day at Disneyland!

This trip was really about Hannah so we spent tons of time meeting the characters. Princesses were high on our list and we were lucky enough to meet just about all of them.

Hannah was especially excited to meet Cinderella as she is still Hannah's favorite.

I waited in line for an hour (while Brian and the grandparents took the girls on other rides) to meet these two. Why did I feel like Hannah's life wouldn't be complete unless she met Rapunzel?

I was surprised by how excited Hannah was to meet Alice. Hannah spotted her when we were riding on the Tea Cups and just started pointing and yelling. She literally dragged me off the ride as soon as it was over and ran to see her.

Tinker Bell taught Hannah how to pose for the picture. So Cute!

Hannah even got to meet Mrs. Clause.

Hannah also liked going on the rides though a few were a little scary, Pirates of the Caribbean. Her two favorites were the Tea Cups (we went on them three or four times)

and the Go Go Coaster in Toon Town.

I thought that the Haunted Mansion would be too scary for Hannah but she really liked it.

Brian is a little afraid of Heights (ok maybe a lot but don't tell him I told you) but I was able to talk him into going on the big Ferris Wheel at California Adventure. Unfortunately we weren't paying attention and got on the one that not only goes around but rocks back and forth. Brian was sitting on one side and Hannah and I were sitting on the other. The first time it rocked Hannah almost went flying into Brian's lap. Don't let the smile fool you, Hannah was very ready to get off by the time the ride was over (as was her dad).

Even Gracie liked going on the rides!!

The shows, parades, and fireworks are always great and this visit we got to see the new World of Color show at California Adventure. It was great.

One of the benefits of having a tall father is always having a great seat for the shows.

The parks were amazingly decorated for Christmas and just made everything more magical.

More random pictures.................

We played hard and spent all three days at the parks until closing. Hannah did really well and was too excited to even sit in the stroller but by the end of the third day, we had two very tired girls!!