The Mazzarelli's Up North: 12/01/2009

12/24/09

Christmas Eve Dinner

We spent Christmas Eve with our friends the Darcys this year. We went out to a local chinese restaurant called Green Tea that we went to last year. The food was very good and the best part was that I didn't have to cook! We also saw our friends the Kendalls who had the same thought we did! It was nice to relax and go home to have a quiet evening.

Me and Carl.

Me and Phia

Adam and Tracy

The kids being silly and talking about how they wonder where Santa is right then.

One of my Christmas presents from Carl. A yummy chocolate torte!

12/20/09

3rd Annual Mazzarelli Christmas Brunch

We had our brunch again in honor of the Christmas season and to spend time with all of our friends. It was a good turn out this year. As always, Carl made stuffed french toast, waffles and omelettes to name a few. There was sooo much food and we ate left overs for almost a week! It was so nice to catch up with friends and the kids of course had a great time. This is one of our favorite traditions since we have moved to Maine. I hope it lasts for many years to come!

The chef hard at work.

Lots of friends and lots of food.

It was great to relax and hang out with our friends.

Leila and Addison having some yummy food.

Carl being silly (I said "say cheese" and he held up a bag of cheese) Leave to him to be "cheesy"

12/6/09

The Annual Mazzarelli Gingerbread House and The First Real Snow of the Season

The final results!

Working hard on decorating the house.

Phia trying to pull Carlo on the sled!

My little snowbunnies.

Our house under the pretty snow.

Carlo pulling Phia (this worked a lot better!)

Whee!!!

Doesn't it look like he's having fun?

Carlo building a snow fort.

The view from our front porch.

12/5/09

The Christmas Parade in Downtown Bangor

We went downtown to the Christmas parade with our friends the Tlili's. It was a pretty evening, not too cold but half way through the parade it starting snowing and it got pretty cold. We made it to the end of the parade, saw Santa and ran to the car! The parade was fairly long so once it got cold everyone got a little cranky. But it was great to spend time with good friends for a holiday tradition.

Local firetruck all decked out for Christmas.

One of the floats in the parade.

Phia all bundled up.

The kiddos watching the parade (Carlo, Xander, Zach and Phia)

Say cheese!

12/1/09

Decorating for Christmas at The Mazzarelli's

Carlo got the Polar Express up and running!

The infamous snowman and Santa on the front porch.

Addison painting some ornaments.

Phia (with her black eye she got when we were in DE) showing off her ornament.

Carlo intently painting his ornaments.

Our house!

Phia getting the inside of the house ready for Christmas.

One of Carlo's favorite Christmas decorations.

The tree all decorated!

The kids decorating our tree.

Phia putting on her "unbreakable" ornaments.

Carlo making sure the tree is perfect.

11/29/09

Continuing the tradition of Muzzi Sunday, Carl and Charlene hosted while we were in town. We were able to see many other family members we had not seen in a while. It was great for the kids to get reaquainted with everyone and hang out with the new members of the family. As usual it was loud and busy, but as always the food was great and it was great to catch up.

Earlier that day the kids decorated my Mom's Christmas tree. We put Christmas music on and Phia put the ornaments on that weren't breakable on and Carlo did all the rest. This is one of Carlo's favorite things to do and he does it very well. The kids continued decorating until it was perfect. My Mom said she didn't even have to move anything!