Category Archives: Familia

Our 2025 Advent Calendars

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Advent calendars are my jam. I think this will be my families fifth year participating. This year I kept it simple, but still fun.

My daughter Maxine loves all things Gabby.
My cats BB and PJ are sharing treats from Country Kitchen.
My husband and I are sharing the WSJ wine advent calendar.
I got my parents chocolate calendars.

Time to enjoy day 4!

My time on the Disney Wish

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I can’t believe it’s already the middle of November. Thanksgiving will be here before you know it. I’m grateful for so much this year. In August, I went on my first Disney cruise. It was magical 💕. It was extra special because I was with some of my family members. Disney cruises are on another level.

The level of personalization and care…

They announce your family name when you enter
They personalize the room with your name
Each room has a theme
We were lucky and got Sleeping Beauty
They come up with creative towel animals
If you ask, they provide custom sheets for you
How cute is this
They do Mom and Daughter mani pedis

Fun on the boat…

You can watch Disney movies in many locations
Awesome kid’s club
games at many of the bars
The Wish has a Frozen dinning experience
😍
They have various trivia games to play
You can order as much food as you want
Amazing
sweets!
The Star War bar was so realistic
❤️
Cute splash pad area
Plenty of photo opportunities
Marvel dinning experience
They have an adult only fine dinning experience

Excursions…

We explored Atlantis
Also went to an animal refuge
Glass boat experience

The Disney magic…

Plenty of photo ops around the ship
Character Meet and Greets
Surprise photo ops
Royal Gathering
Fireworks
Messages people left us
Door decorating
was amazing!
fairy dusting gifts
fish extender gifts

Would love to do another one. I have to start saving NOW 😜.

Happy Halloween

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Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and I’m really grateful I got to do some amazing things to celebrate this year.

Halloween craft time with family
Maxine got to make her trick or treat bag
She also got to build a bear
During our trip to Disney, we were able to go to the Not So Scary Micky’s Halloween Party
My daughter wanted to collect pumpkins lol
Maxi made a Halloween themed gingerbread house
Made a haunted house
The school’s Trunk or Treat event
Halloween at Queen’s Farm
Annual Lil Goblins party at the New York Junior League
Best Magician
Unicorn balloon !
Halloween bowling school trip

Celebrating Jane Austin at the Morgan Library & Museum

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I visited the Morgan Library & Museum to see the Jane Austin exhibit before it closed. It was packed and crowded, but doing something different with my family was great. The day’s highlights included afternoon tea at the cafe and enjoying the small garden.

Van Gogh’s Starry Nights at NYBG

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I recently attended the New York Botanical Garden’s Starry Nights event. There was live music, dance performances, snacks, and drinks, but the highlight was the drone performance.

It was a unique experience and we had a blast. If we do something similar in the future, I have to remember to bring a blanket to sit on the grass.