Christmas Tea with The Mariani Girls
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A few days before Christmas we celebrated the season with ALL 5 Mariani girls and their beautiful babies! Last year we had a "Three Generation Grandmother-Mom-Babies Tea" at Jannie's but we didn't really have our act together this year to plan ahead so we threw a last minute invite out to the Mariani girls and their mom Arlene and somehow they were all able to make it with the nine cute grandkids in tow... they are all such sweet kids with very good manners and they even let Francie hang out with them around the train and playing hide-and-seek. We had a surprise visitor too... SANTA came! Heff had just showed up to the party but "disappeared" somewhere the whole time Santa was there and missed seeing him, too bad ;) Santa sure did a good job!
The grandmothers... what would we do without them :) Arlene and Jannie
The newest additions, 2008 baby girls Stella Ann and Nellie Ann....
and Maddie Ann too!
The train was once again very popular with Joe and Emelia
Uncle Jerry came by to say hello but Francie wasn't too fond of the photo op
Molly sends Stella upside-down
Baby Ann, Nancy and Janna talking over tea
Francie showing the big kids her "ice!" (skaters that is :)
Emelia
Sofia
James, Whitney, Joe & Emelia coming down the stairs
Who's knocking at the door Joe?... it's SANTA!
Wow Santa is here!
Joe-Joe tells Santa what he wants for Christmas
James' turn!
Santa held a captive audience for having 10 kids under the age of five
Nancy and her beauties Joe, Whitney and Maddie
Francie trying to see Santa from under the ottoman
Tracy and the leader of the pack Emelia
Even Sofia got on Santa's lap!
Emelia has lots to tell Santa
and cute Wil too!
Maddie was brave but she's not so sure about this big guy
This was as close as Francie got
And she wanted nothing to do with the candy cane Santa gave her
Bye Santa!
The kids all watching him walk away down the street to find his reindeer
Emelia found ABA's wig!
Francie's turn now that DAD is back :)
Sisters... Janna, Molly, Nancy, Tracy & Julie
Francie with Janna's bunch... James (my godson!), Wil and Stella
They are too adorable :)
Wil says "ok, Francie... off my lap" while James snuggles his little sis
