Christmas blog 5 - Twas the night before...

On Christmas Eve, we went to the service at the United Methodist Church. They also have a pretty tree!



And they also did a pageant with kids in it. I got to be in this one!



I sang along, even though the microphone was a bit above my head!



And then we lit candles.



After the service, I got to go see Santa!



And then I got to pose for a bunch of pictures in front of the tree.





When we went home, I helped open the first gift of Christmas.




And then we each opened one present. Here's mine!



After that, I had to go to bed so that Santa and his elves could come deliver my presents.

Disney trip blog 4 - Kingdom of the Animals

On our fourth day at Disney, we went to Animal Kingdom park. It was almost like taking a tour to Africa! First, we heard some music.



Then, we went to eat breakfast with Donald Duck!



Donald's friends were there too. I gave Goofy a high five!



And a kiss!



Daisy was jealous, so I gave her a kiss, too!



But my favorite is still Mickey!



After breakfast, we went on a safari! We saw lots of animals from Africa.





But we didn't see any lions. So we went to see the Lion King show instead!



We ate lunch in the rainforest.



And then Mommy and I posed with an elephant! Okay, not a real one, but we liked this one anyway.



The big Christmas tree at this park was decorated with animals...of course!

Christmas blog 4 - Assembly of God church pageant

There are two churches on the island where I live. I go with Aunt Kati to the United Methodist Church most Sundays, although I have been to the Assembly of God Church a few times, too. We went to the Assembly church about a week before Christmas to see their show.

They had a very pretty Christmas tree in there. I really liked looking at it.



And I even stood still in front of it for just long enough for Aunt Kati to take a cute picture of me actually looking toward the camera instead of at the tree!



The Christmas show was really good. It was mostly kids in it. They sang lots of songs, and they also did a skit.



And after the show, we got to eat some yummy snacks. I ate a bunch of tomatoes, because I love tomatoes!

Disney trip blog 3 - more Hollywood and some Downtown

On Tuesday, Aunt Kati and I went back to Hollywood Studios so we could see some of the things we missed on Monday. First, we went to see a show about Aunt Kati's favorite princess, Belle (from Beauty and the Beast, a movie I like, too).

Belle is Aunt Kati's favorite because she loves to read.



I loved the music and dancing.



Aunt Kati loved the love story. Awwww....



In the end Belle still looked gorgeous, just more dressed up...but the Beast looked a lot better!



After the show, Aunt Kati and I shared a gigantic delicious cupcake.







That evening, we went to Downtown Disney for dinner, and I got to see another favorite movie character: Buzz Lightyear!

Christmas blog 3 - live nativity

Aunt Kati was in the live nativity scene at our church. She's the shepherd all the way on the right, behind that cute sheep. Oh, wait. It looks like all the other sheep. Anyway...



It was really cold outside, so Mommy and I waited in the church. While we waited, I looked at the pretty Christmas tree. It was really tall!



Here's a picture of all the people who were in the nativity, so you can see Aunt Kati's shepherd outfit (and the tree!) a little better.



And here's another picture of me!

Disney trip blog 2 - Hollywood Studios

On our first full day at Walt Disney World, we went to a park called Hollywood Studios.

There was a great big Christmas tree in front of the park.



Hollywood Studios has fun rides, like the other Disney parks, but it also has lots of cool shows! The first one we went to was the Little Mermaid show. I liked the singing but was not a huge fan of the big mean octopus Ursula. Apparently she's not nice and I'm not supposed to like her anyway, so I guess that was okay. After that show, we went to a show that I really loved! It was called Playhouse Disney Live on Stage, and it had two of my favorites on it - Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Handy Manny!



I especially liked clapping along to the music!



For lunch, we ate in a really cool restaurant - we got to sit in cars and watch old movies on a big screen.





After lunch, we went to play at the playground which was based on another one of my favorite movies, "A Bug's Life". When you are on the playground, you feel as small as a bug because all the stuff in there is HUGE.



My favorite was the big leaf slide. I went on it over and over and over, and then over again.





We went back to our hotel for an afternoon nap, and then we went back to Hollywood Studios, and straight into Toy Story! Look, it's Andy's room!



The ride is 3D, so I got to wear some crazy fun glasses.



Then, I got my picture taken with two of my favorite movie stars: Lightning McQueen and Mater!





Then we walked down a street that was absolutely covered with Christmas lights!



And finally, we saw a hilarious Muppets show. We got to wear another pair of those funny 3D glasses again.



Wow, we packed a lot of fun into that day, didn't we? I slept well that night!

Christmas blog 2 - cookies!

Another fun thing that I like to do every Christmas is help Mommy make cookies for Santa. Don't worry, Mommy does the grown up part, like putting the cookies into and taking them out of the hot oven. I get to help with the icing and decorating!

Mommy mixed up some red and green icing for us to put on the cookies. We also kept some of the icing just plain white.



We spread it on them...



And then we added the sprinkles!



Lots of them!



I bet Santa liked those cookies.