Christmas Time is Here...

Tonight we spent some time decorating Julianna's Christmas tree. We put it up in her room on her desk and let her put the decorations wherever she wanted on it. For an extremely "particular" mom it was a little difficult at times, but she did me proud. She was beaming when she was done and said that it was the prettiest tree in the house. I would have to agree...

Turkey Time

Yes, I realize that Thanksgiving was last week, but things have been busy at the Zak house. Thanksgiving was absolutely wonderful. Grandma Fran, Grandpa Ed, Uncle BriBri, Aunt Katie, baby Megan, Grammie, Grandpa Bob, Auntie Erin, Grandma Campbell, and Grandmother Leete all came to spend the holiday with us. The food was great thanks to all the help from everyone. I guess that we will actually have to make a tradition of having Thanksgiving at the Zaks (well I have about 360 days to decide that). The nicest part is that everyone left the leftovers at my house. I haven't had to cook in 5 days!Friday evening we celebrated Christmas with Uncle BriBri, Aunt Katie, and Megan. Once again we enjoyed eating way more than usual. Julianna and Megan had so much fun playing together this past week. We are going to have to make more trips to Columbus so the girls can visit.

Can't I Pretend to be Sick?

Today Uncle Brian, Aunt Katie and cousin Megan came to our house for a visit. They are down from Ohio for Thanksgiving. We all had lunch together and went to the park. Megan and Julianna had so much fun coloring, playing babies, and playing at the park- they were both so sweet with each other. When Megan left to go back to Grandma's, Julianna asked why she couldn't go with them. We explained to her that she had school tomorrow, but that we would see them all on Tuesday. It was then that she asked "Why can't we just pretend that I am sick tomorrow? Last time Mrs. Johnson didn't miss me that much!" She is already too smart for us....

November Already?

I can't believe that next week is Thanksgiving. This past week really flew by. Tuesday night Julianna went to the advanced gymnastics class. She said that she didn't really like it because she did not know how to do the advanced stuff, but we will see tomorrow if she decides to go back. It is hard to know whether to challenge her, or to just make sure that she enjoys herself and still likes going.
Saturday afternoon Julianna's friend Avery (with her at Halloween) had a birthday party at an indoor pool. Julianna had a great time swimming and now can't decide where she would like to have her birthday party- Monkey Joe's, swimming, ice skating, roller skating...so many decisions. We have been trying to make sure that at least a short nap is on the agenda for Saturday afternoons, since she still gets up at the crack of dawn and I am worn out by 11:00 (that is am). Here is a really cute picture of her napping with Chubs. Jason and I went to a friend's wedding this weekend. Julianna spent the night with Grandma Fran and Grandpa Ed. Julianna and Grandma made decorations for the Christmas tree out of dough. We have to finish painting them so that when we put up the tree we can hang them on it.