Movie Moments

I love movies. Especially princess movies. I call all the princess movies by the name of the princess...even if that's not the real title--like "Belle" is "Beauty & the Beast".


Here are some of my favorite moments:

Giselle ("Enchanted"): When the motorcycles (bikes) ran over the prince!



Cinderella: When the fairy Godmother turned into the coach.
Aurora ("Sleeping Beauty"): I like when, um, she was singing and walking with her friends the rabbits and the birds and the owl.
Ariel ("The Little Mermaid"): When Ursula was singing the song when Ariel was there (Poor Unfortunate Fools). I like that song because there was rainbow stuff and pink on there and I like that color.
Snow White: I like when I saw the pretty cottage.
Belle ("Beauty & the Beast"): I like when Belle and Beast were playing in the snow.
Mulan: When all the ladies dressed up her.
Pocahantas: I like Pocahauntas when her Grandmother Willow and her was talking.
Anastasia: When they danced around the hall. And I like when she had her princess dress on---the one with the sash and sparkles.
Jamine ("Aladdin"): When Aladdin was hiding Dieago...It's on Aladdin II (Return of Jafar).

Dear Santa,

I'm writing a letter to you and I'm wanting to tell you what I'm wanting to get. And, um, I'll give you a card so you'll know what I'm doing and what I'm wanting to do. And I was wondering if you could make some My Little Pony stuff in your toy shop?

And I was wanting some My Little Pony movies. And I want the Barbie the Island Princess movie. And I want a dolly crib. And a My Little Pony book & dress up clothes and Rarity the Unicorn.

And I was wondering if I could get a My Little Pony puzzle and TeaPot Palace. And I was wondering if you had a fifty dollar so I could buy Baby Alive? And I want a My Little Pony baby.

Are you feeling good? Santa, where do you get the stuff to make toys? Santa, we have lots and lots of ornaments on our tree.

Love, Elena

(I drew a rainbow on the front of Santa's card and then we put it in "Santa's Magic Mailbox" that he gave to Mom and Dad. By magic it was gone to the North Pole this morning!)

Dear Santa,
No! I don't like Santa. I not doing it. --Kai (He put his in the Magic Mailbox too...but his had a Halloween sticker and some scribbles on the front. I don't know if Santa will like it.)

Halloween Week

We did lots of fun stuff the week or so around Halloween!

This is us at library storytime with a bunch of other kiddos...that day I dressed as a ballerina princess, Kai was superman (in jeans & a cape).

Here's our trick-or-treating crew! 7 kids, all boys except for me...and I was the FASTEST trick-or-treater of them all...me and Isaac were the oldest too! (I was Cinderella this night)


Here is Kai (aka Robin Hood) with Rock and Jet the lions...how cute is that?

Can you tell Daddy was excited about his "Daddy Candy Tax"?

We also all went to the Como/StarWars family's party again this year! Robin Hood was checking out some of the creepy stuff.

I was the beautimus Maid Marian (Robin Hood's love).

Oh yes, don't forget about Mommy and Daddy...Miss Bianca insists on costumes...and of course, Mom and Dad love to dress up anyway. Daddy was the "more cowbell guy" from the SNL skit and Mommy was a Japanese Geisha.

One of the games was eating a donut on a string...WITHOUT your hands Kai!!

We went to the pumpkin patch and each picked out a pumpkin to paint. I did mine with a rainbow of colors. My rainbow turned out grey, but I loved it! Maybe next year we'll delve into the realm of carving pumpkins.

Bangs! Bangs!

Look who can see again! It's me!

After we posted the ladybug apron pictures, Mommy realized that my hair was ALWAYS in my face...no matter how many clips or ponies or braids we tried. Daddy was fine with it so snip, snip, snip! I'm a brand new gal! Luv, Elena

Snicker Snack

Mom makes us "snicker snacks" now, after Miss Molly gave her the idea...peanuts, chocolate chips, marshmallows and raisins...YUM! This afternoon, Kai told Mom "I not want raisins in my bowl. I don't want peanuts either. I just like mershmellows an' chockit chips!" My brother is one smart cookie!

Birthday Bonanza!

In our family, the main birthday seasons are February & March, then the last part of September & first of October!
First we celebrated with Zaritha at her Under the Sea 2nd Birthday! She is so funny shy around lots of people that we didn't hear her say a single word all evening until she opened up her remote control Hummer and Jeep! THEN she got excited. I think she didn't really appreciate the beauty of all the girly princess gifts she got...I'll have to help her learn to love that stuff!







Next was Stella's First Birthday! I think she's saying "Really, you're all singing for me? Awww, you shouldn't have!"










She really liked her books and presents. Me and Naomi and Kai were helping her open.












Kai practiced his photography skills...he actually got some good shots!


















This was Stella's fun cake that Mommy made.













Here are all of us cousins. Me, Kai, Stella, Naomi, and baby Annalise.












This isn't at the party, but it's the same weekend... that's Daddy holding Annalise. She's so cute...we really love her.











Finally, our friend Rock turned 3! I guess he's not technically family, but pretty close. That's out friend Harrison (L) next to Rock (R).

Sewing 101

Mommy and I have been planning to make me a ladybug apron for quite a while. This week we finally got it done! It was really fun to learn what goes into a sewing project. We started with fabric that was left over from decorating my room (my curtains and a throw pillow match):

First I got to cut out the pieces using my new school scissors. I do pretty well cutting from one point to another...just don't draw me a line or I'll spaz out when it's not perfect!

We didn't use a pattern, just measured the pieces on me as we went along.

It was hard work sitting on Mom's lap and being in charge of the pins and backstitch button. I thought we needed to stop and make some funny faces for the camera while we were working.


I looked through Mommy's big box of buttons and picked out the four that I liked the best. We sewed two on each pocket!

I'm very proud of my first sewing project!