Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Breakfast with Santa and Seeing the Rockettes!

A couple of weeks ago, while Nana & Victoria were visiting, we went into NYC for a fun day of Christmas activities. We started the day at Rock Center Cafe for Breakfast with Santa. This was a wonderful time for everyone to enjoy a wonderful breakfast at Rockefeller Center and the girls got to visit with Santa Claus when he stopped by our table. Breakfast included tickets for the Rockefeller Center ice skating rink so Uncle Chuck took Victoria for a spin. Mary Pat LOVED watching all of the ice skaters, although Victoria only made it about a quarter of the way around before begging Uncle Chuck to pick her up.

After a wonderful breakfast, we made the rainy walk up to FAO Schwarz where we got to spend the afternoon looking around at all of the fun toys while Mary Pat took a much needed nap! We then headed down to Radio City Music Hall to watch the Christmas Spectacular. Mary Pat and Victoria both LOVED the Christmas Show and Mary Pat did not budge the entire time. She was mesmerized! We got a special treat after the show when we met up with Mommy's high school friend Jessica who is a Rockette! She took us all backstage where we got to see the props, dressing rooms and camels up close! Victoria had a blast dancing on the stage and Mary Pat loved meeting Jessica!

It was a wonderful day! Here are more pictures from the day. I hope to have pictures from our Spartanburg Christmas adventures posted by the end of the week!Victor enjoying her hot chocolate (with whip cream!) at breakfast. Mary Pat enjoying ALL of the food at breakfast!
Mary Pat was not so sure about Santa Claus.
Victoria loved meeting him though!
The cousins with Santa
Trying to get a smile out of Mary Pat with Santa!
Mommy and her precious girl!
Mommy, Mary Pat, Nana and Victoria at breakfast.
Family portrait.
Mary Pat watching Daddy and Victoria ice skate!
Do they look like they had fun?!?
Victoria was not a fan of ice skating.
Victoria, Nana, Jessica, Mary Pat and Mommy backstage at Radio City Music Hall.
Mary Pat meeting Jessica the Rockette!
The silly cousins playing after a long day.
Mary Pat's "excited" pose!
Silly girls!

Friday, December 11, 2009

Fun With Nana & Victoria

Mary Pat had a great time last week with Nana and big cousin Victoria visiting! She got to show off all of her walking skills and loved having a playmate to share her toys with. On Wednesday Nana decided to make a pound cake (Mom mom's recipe YUMMY!) as a special surprise for Mommy & Daddy when they got home from work. Well, Mary Pat and Victoria were the lucky girls who got to lick the beaters that afternoon when they woke up from their nap! As you can tell from the pictures below, Mary Pat could hardly contain her excitement!

Here are a few more pictures from the beginning of their visit. More to come!
Both girls enjoying their beaters. Victoria is an old pro at this, while Mary Pat's eyes tell you how excited she was to participate!
YUMMY!!!
The sweet cousins napping together.
Nana showed Mary Pat where the toilet paper was in our downstairs bathroom!
Mary Pat discovered Daddy's winter as we were decorating the Christmas tree hat and loved wearing it!
As we were hard at work decorating the tree, Mary Pat decided to run in circles with the toilet paper wrapped around her!

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Oh, the Weather Outside is Frightful!

Nana gave Mary Pat an adorable "winter wear" set that included a hat, scarf, and mittens. Last week it was chilly one day so Mary Pat needed her scarf on the way to school. She LOVED wearing it and looked adorable!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Thanksgiving Fun!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year! Mary Pat kicked off the holiday by having a wonderful time celebrating at school on Wednesday with a lunchtime Thanksgiving feast. On Thanksgiving day we woke up to watch some of the Macy's parade before heading to NJ for Thanksgiving dinner at Aunt Charlene's house. It was great to see Daddy's family and Mary Pat had a wonderful time playing with her cousins Emily and Patrice. However, her favorite part of the day was dinner where she gobbled up turkey, corn, sweet potatoes and mashed potatoes. She ate like a big girl!

After dinner we headed down to Washington DC to see Aunt Shay baby, Uncle Knox, Nana and Victoria who were all celebrating Thanksgiving at Aunt Shay baby's apartment. We had a great weekend in DC and loved getting to see Mommy's family. Nana and Victoria drove back to NY with us on Saturday night to kick off a fun week long visit. Both girls were a great help on Sunday when we decorated the house for Christmas. Here are some pictures from Thanksgiving with more to come soon from Nana and Victoria's visit!

Showing off my pretty Turkey dress.
Confused by all of the commotion at Aunt Charlene's house.
Mary Pat's annual pictures with Aunt Charlene's pilgrims.
Enjoying a handful of mashed potatoes during Thanksgiving dinner.