the chef is in...

Another pic for all you Stella fans...our girl loves to cook--for real or for pretend. Here she is in the chef's outfit Santa brought this year. And the groovy glasses she doesn't seem to want to wear much anymore. Time for pancakes--which she calls "ca-cakes"!

it's my birthday...they threw me a parade!

Christopher Columbus waves from the Santa Maria while Princess Stella looks on. (Fifth Avenue style.)
She was born on a Columbus Day six years ago...appropriately enough, since she is one-quarter Italian! This is the first year that her birthday has fallen on Columbus Day since 2001.