The Hols in California!!!

Happy Holidays from California!!!

(nana's tree)

The Milani's have arrived (and we've brought the London rain)!!!

We've been busy since we arrived! We spent a week with nana, where we played with the our cousies, the Fiske's - Freddie, Calvie & Drew; we went to a holiday breakfast, where we saw Santa; and, we made cookies and basically destroyed nana's house! It was fun!!!

Nana smooching Marco!

Me and Drewsie in the tub!

All the cousies!

Now we are in the Bay Area with our Nonno and Nonna. We've been busy here too! Yesterday, we went to the new aquarium in Golden Gate Park with our friends the DeVries (Linda, Robbert, Sebastian and Laurence). Unfortunately, we were there with 100,000 other people. Despite the crowds it was fun! After we went to Unkie Paul and Aunt Michelle's for dinner. We had a GREAT time with Alex and JP. Daddy and Nonno had a great time dressing up like someone named Ali G. Mommy thought it was hilarious.

Marco, Me, Alex and JP in the tub!

Daddy as Ali G!?

Now Nonno's turn!

The Milani's and the DeVries at the Aquarium!

Soooo cool!!!

Me, Sebastian & Marco checking things out!

Happy Holidays all!!!!

St. Christina's Christmas Shows!!

This week we had our Christmas shows at my school, St. Christina's. Both reception classes did a show. My class was first. Our show was about 3 little mice who snuck into the royal palace. The king and queen were very nice to them and the whole palace was happy. I had a starring role as Mrs. Mop, the head of the cleaning crew! I said my lines very well -- I remembered them!! It was a great success. All the mum's and dad's LOVED it!!! Here are some pictures of our group!

The stage!




Here we are! I'm Mrs. Mop with the PINK dust mop!

Most of the group!

Here's the whole stage!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Yesterday was Thanksgiving which they do not celebrate here in London. We had to go to school all day even though it was a holiday back in California. We did have a Thanksgiving dinner though! Our daddy did most of the cooking and it was quite good. We had some friends over: The McCarthy girls - Brenna, Olivia and Amy who are staying with us while their mommy and daddy are away - and Gretchen, Brooke and Ryan Beyer! It was fun! We all ate a lot and played fun games. We have a lot to be thankful for this year!

Daddy fixing the bird!

Brooke, Ryan and Marco!

The girls table!!!

It's REALLY starting to feel like Christmas now!!

Today, we went to a winter wonderland (or Christmas festival) in Hyde Park!!! We went with the McCarthy's and it was so so SOOOO MUCH FUN!!! They had tons of rides, food and activities!! We loved it. We had lunch, went on some rides, and walked (and ran) around. It was very very very cold. I was as cold as an ice cube, which is very cold. Marco even asked for his "globes" (aka, gloves). We were all so cold that we thought it would snow! In fact, it's supposed to snow in London this weekend!!! I hope it does!!!

Waiting for the bus!


Walking thru Hyde Park!

LUNCH!!

I liked the Reindeer ride!

Amy liked it too!

Me and Brenna on the swings!

Marco stayed on the bus!

WEEEEEEEEE, so fun!!!

The whold COLD group!

It's Starting to feel a bit like Christmas - part DEUX.

Last night, mommy, Marco, and I, and some friends - Mia & Ben and their mommy and daddy, and, Olivia, Brenna & Amy and their mommy and daddy - went to the Christmas light ceremony on Bond Street. They had REAL snow and FAKE snow (bubbles). There were lots of clowns, street performers and even bands! They had a firework show after they turned on the beautiful lights! We like the fireworks but they were a little scary close up! (Marco LOVED them!)
We all had a good time!!!

Marco LOVED the fireworks!

Me, my friend Mia and her mommy, Lizzie... they were very loud!

The street performers were throwing things over us!

Here we all are getting our instructions!

Fun in the sleigh!

This guy was SOOO FUNNY!!!

The whole group:

Brenna McCarthy, Amy McCarthy, Ben Phoenix, Olivia McCarthy, Marco, Mia Phoenix, and me!

It's Starting to feel a bit like Christmas!

This last week, my mommy started getting into the Christmas spirit by SHOPPING!!! She went to some fair that I was not allowed to go to because I was in school and, as she said, I am too young. I LOVE fairs and I'm sure I would've liked this one especially since mommy came home with bags of treats that Marco and I were NOT allowed to look in! I just KNOW there are some good things hidden for us!! Mommy kept saying that this fair was one that Nana would've LOVED. I think I would've loved it too and am sad that I wasn't invited.... Next year. (picture to follow)

Tokyo A-Go-Go!!!

Now that we are back (physically) from Tokyo, and mom has downloaded her photos, here they are!! We had a great time. I especially had fun with my friend Ryoma. Marco liked his sister, Arisa. He even tried to kiss her! Ryoma and I had fun playing in the parks, going to the zoo, and, most importantly, eating ice cream!!! I hope to see Ryoma again soon. I think he will come visit us in London because his mommy likes it here!!!
I can't wait for our next adventure! (California in December!)
xoxo
Julia M

Julia & Marco at the playground in Hiroo!

On the streets of Tokyo with daddy!

At the National Children's Castle rooftop playground!


I LOVE Hello Kitty!

At the Zoo with Arisa!

Me and Ryoma playing with the elephant! (It's not real!)

We loved the petting zoo!

We found a baskin robbins! We LOVE ice cream!

Me and Marco in the park!

The dolphin show at the aquarium! (Marco would not sit down!)

Navigating the subway with mommy! (We did get lost!)

The shrine near our hotel... clearly I was tired!

At Hibiya Park

In front of the Imperial Palace with mommy and Marco.

Konichwa from PuroLand!!!

Today we went to Hello Kitty land (aka PuroLand) outside of Tokyo!!! It was really REALLY fun!! They had all sorts of shows and rides. All the characters by Sanrio (like Hello Kitty, Cinnamon, etc) were there! We even had our pictures taken with them!!!

It was a little sketchy getting there because we took the wrong train -- or we got off at the wrong stop to be more specific. I thought we'd NEVER get there!!! But, alas, after at least an hour, daddy managed to get us there, as promised!!! We LOVED it. Personally, my favorite things were the boat ride and the shows: we saw two. I liked the Hello Kitty Nutcracker show AND the big parade with acrobats. It was really neat. Mom says she'll post more pics once we get home and she can download them off her camera. In the meantime, here are some from Daddy's phone!!!

Mommy and Papa Kitty!

Despite the fact that we look scared, we LOVED Hello Kitty and PuroLand!