Pictures with Santa and riding The Pink Pig

We went to Lenox Square today to visit Santa Claus and to ride The Pink Pig with our friends. Bella had no problems going right up to Santa this year, unlike last year when she had a little melt down. She sat on Santa's lap and told him her life story, after she was done she told him what she wanted for Christmas. When we asked her to smile for pictures, she put on her most fake smiles for the pictures. Oh well... I guess you can't win them all. Then we did a little window shopping, and then made our way to The Pink Pig. Bella and her friends were so excited to ride Priscilla.

Here is some information on The Pink Pig and her history.

http://www1.macys.com/campaign/pinkpig/index.jsp

Magical movie theatres and Christmas trees

Yesterday, Bella said she wanted to watch Ratatouille, which I bought her this weekend. The thing is, that she wanted to watch it at the movie theatre. Apparently, the movie theatres are magical, and we had to go there. So, we trekked to the dollar theatres to watch the movie, and it was so much fun, she loves the movie theatre. We also put our Christmas tree up, which was lots of and Bella is thoroughly enjoying the tree.

Gorgeous weather & Chuck E. Cheese

We took advantage of the gorgeous weather yesterday and spent the morning at the park with some of our friends. Bella had a great time skating around the playground, even though I think she spent more time on the ground then actually skating. She got in some good outdoor playtime, and I got to hold my friend's sweet baby, we both won.

Today, we made the trip out to Chuck E. Cheese, because I am a glutton for punishment. Nah, Bella had asked and it had been a while since we had been there. She had a blast and even managed to win nearly 360 tickets. She took her time and carefully chose her prizes and she looked like she was so proud of her choices, it was very cute. Watching her have a good time was more then enough to justify the trip to the Cheese.

Jackson helping Bella up. Taken by our friend Jennifer.

Last two pictures taken by our friend Beth.

H&M is coming

While we were at Atlantic Station yesterday, I happened to see the HUGE signs that stated that H&M is coming. I can barely contain my excitement! I plan on being one of those crazies who camps out and busts down the doors at the opening. That's the one thing that Atlanta so desperately needed, and we are going to get it. I don't think that Patrick and Bella get how awesome this is, but they don't have to understand the love that I share with H&M.

Tree Lighting at Atlantic Station

We took Bella to the tree lighting ceremony at Atlantic Station tonight. As soon as we got there, we ran into Santa, and he was the sweetest man ever. Bella had been crying because she thought that she had missed the train ride, that they had there, and he just chatted with her. There had some "snow" fall during Diana DeGarmo's performance, and Bella looked less then thrilled because it didn't accumulate on the ground. She's seen real snow before so I guess she has higher standards. She did enjoy the young ballerina's performance. Actually, she lit up as soon as Patrick sat her on his shoulders and she had a clear view of the dancers. It was a great night to walk around there and spend some good family time together.

Jumping on the bandwagon

So, we are jumping on the blogging bandwagon. We are going to try and keep this up to date with pictures, videos, and updates on what is going on with the McCullough clan.