Visiting Santa

Of course the best time for us to go to the mall to see Santa is on the weekend when everyone else is there too. It's not the crowd or the line that bothers me (it's never too long of a wait). It's the fact that I've been to the mall about 15 times this week and every other time I'm there, the Santa is a cute, old, fat guy with a real beard. When we go on Saturday morning, it's a young, skinny guy drowning in his fake one.

Even Madeline pointed out that he wasn't fat. :)  She's just hoping this guy can get her message to the REAL Santa.

Here are some photos.

Waiting in line:

We're excited!

Santa: Have you been a good girl this year?
Maddie: Yes I have. Please bring me a dollhouse and a Barbie!

Smile!

Afterward, we ate lunch at Friendly's and had a "build your own snowman sundae"

The Next American Idol!

Madeline's holiday concert took place yesterday. She had a solo in the first song of the performance. I'm sure I was way more nervous than she was but here are some pictures and a video of my little Starr.  :)

And here's the music teacher talking about how awesome my baby is.  ;)  Actually, I cannot recall what she was talking about.

And the whole group.

The song (!):

Gingerbread Houses

Yesterday we attended a "culinary class" at Wegman's. We signed up in advance for the gingerbread house decorating event for kids. It was loads of fun. The graham cracker houses were all set up and ready to decorate. We got icing and candy and the kids went to town decorating their own houses. You can see our progress here.  We've been slowly picking the goodies off of it since we brought it home!

The candy table: