Christmas Cookie Princesses

Spent the day with the kids at my parents house for our annual Christmas Cookie Decorating Party. What I originally expected to last a few hours was gradually extended to an all day event. We got there a little past 1p and did not leave until close to 9p. We all had a blast. Rhys really wore himself out without a nap! And Henry got to hang out with Eva and Ethan. All four really outdid themselves with decorating pretzels and cookies before winding themselves down with some Nicktoons.



When we arrived Aunt May, Eva, Ethan were already there along with my parents and my cousin Victoria. Just fresh from her trip to D.C. she was all news and excitement. She and cousin Jacqueline and their families are heading for Hong Kong at the end of the week to spend the holidays! How fun! I am so green. I can't wait to see their pictures especially after hearing about Victoria's new camera.


It was wonderful hanging out with the extended family catching up with all their activities and stuffing my face! I couldn't think of a nicer way to spend a Saturday.


Today is Sunday, December, 16. It is the day of the Christmas Princess play. We ordered tickets a few weeks ago and Dalia was nice enough to take care of everything by mailing us the tickets. Heather, Jacki and I made arrangements to meet at our house at 1p before getting a snack and heading out to the play.

We ended up taking in a little refreshment at IN'n'OUT on Sepulveda, mainly because, gasp, Heather has not ever been! We all sat outside chatting in between the loud intermittent landing of planes at nearby LAX. The kids were all getting along so well. Each of them are our oldest and we were very happy to be able to take them out for a treat without their younger sibling to distract us.






We arrived at the playhouse with ample time to find some awesome seats. The kids were fascinated and loved the whole production. At the end of the play everyone in the audience, well really the kids were invited up on stage to dance with the cast. All except Henry who was too embarrassed to move from his seat. Both Sophia and Sofia headed straight for the stage and were excited to take photos with the cast members, especially the guy who played the pretend prince. Jacki later told me that this actor is the same one who was in 'The Princess Diaries' with Anne Hathaway. Strangely he also played a prince there too!


Just as we were about to leave we bumped into my old high school friend Nellie who was by to have dinner with Dalia. Looks like we might all be seeing each other for drinks at the Plaza on Friday!