Accepting her flowers a little early.
Once in the presence of an audience, she lost all concentration.
She worked on joining the recital, but squished in between some other girls.
Doing open/close hops down the room.
And jumps...
With a little air time.
Tiptoeing down the room.
And the finale, one of Miss Maria's choreographed dances. 
Aidan in her wagon, ready to roll!
Excited to walk around and see the Christmas lights on all the houses.
Chilly but happy.
Swing time at the playground.
Posing for the camera.
Pushing the empty swing.
One last picture of the pretty in pink girl before heading in for the night. 
Jason and Aidan in front of our tree. It was hard to get them smiling at the same time.
Reading a Curious George Christmas book.
Family photo.
Aidan and me.
Aidan getting ready to open a present on Christmas Eve.
Aidan and me opening books.
They were Disney princess picture search books.
Christmas morning... Baby Cabbage Patch doll.
More books... Dr. Seuss.
Aidan got puzzles and Princess dolls...
Hello Kitty wallet, backpack and umbrella...
And clothes.
Presents came to an end and then it was outside to play with the big stuff. Those pictures to follow. 
She was very excited to go to the salon.
Sitting up straight to show her pretty hair.
Making faces... 
Last time for her hair to be braided.
Had to bribe her to sit still by feeding her Skittles.
Her Italian hair stylist.
Aidan wondering how much longer she is going to have to sit still.
Finished!
Not quite as short as we wanted, but it was all she was going to put up with. She was checking herself out in the mirror. 
Here she is pointing the way.
She was very happy when we said it was time to go.
"I'm waiting!"
Here she is with Jason in the tree costume she decorated and made by herself (almost).
And me too... She finger painted hand print leaves, made little tissue paper leaf bunches, and crowns to top it all off.
She had a great time! Jason took her for a few minutes around the block and then handed her off to me. We continued around the neighborhood. She ran into several of her friends for school and ballet. She liked all the different costumes. A few scary masks weirded her out, but she just looked at them in awe instead of running away. She got to jump in a giant bouncy house at one of her friends houses. It took a lot of effort to get her out so that we could keep moving. We finally made it back home, and none too soon. She was on her last leg when we made it to our little park and crossed to our yard. She was happy to be home and to take stock of her treats. We limited her to only a few pieces before her bath and bedtime. All in all, it was a very eventful, satisfying, and fun-filled Halloween for us all. We hope that everyone had as much fun as we did. Until next time... Ciao!
