The days leading up to Christmas seem to become more busy, frenetic, and sugar-filled each year.
Meaning that by the time the big day rolls around our kids are on cloud nine AND going berserk.  And we are…well, tired.

But no matter how swamped or exhausted we are, it is a MERRY time in the Wright asylum.  I mean house.

And each year we are all so excited to celebrate Jesus’ birth with as much anticipation, hoopla and frosting as we can muster.

So without further ado, here is our…

Countdown to Christmas 2014

#5: Preschool Christmas Performance!
(a.k.a. Herding Cats As They Sing and Jive to Christmas Carols)

The Little Miss, no surprise, was ready to perform.

The Little Mister?  Well, not so much.

Though in his defense he was really congested…and bewildered.

Here’s a video snippet of our Little Thespians.  Did I mention the herding cats part?
Very cute (and adorably off-tune) cats, that is.

(Type in “wright” to watch)

Lest you worry about our dazed Little Mister,
he cheered up in no time once he got to share some Christmas cookies and tickles with Auntie Erin.

And our Little Sir enjoyed some cuddles with Aunt Erin too.
(Ain’t it grand to be loved?!?)

The event wrapped up with Santa arriving
(cue chorus of ecstatic squeals from aforementioned pint-sized felines).

Quite the determined Little Lady, our Little Miss was the first upon his lap!
(Gifts requested?  Why Frozen/Queen Elsa pajamas, of course.)

Speaking of Frozen, the kids also were able to…

#4: Whoop It Up In Our First Snow!

(Which, much to their despair, melted soon after landing.
Because who am I kidding…this is North Carolina!
But the moment was still fun.)

Soon after, the Little Miss and I partied it up with a…

#3: GIRLS ONLY Date to Frozen On Ice!

We were joined by Cousin Maddie, Aunt Courtney, Grammie and Aunt Erin.
(And a TWELVE DOLLAR bag of cotton candy that Chump-Mama bought for her baby girl.)

Concerned that my children’s teeth were still far too “white and sparkly” (as they call them),
I bought as much candy and frosting as my Target basket could hold and commenced…

#2: Operation Let’s Build A Gingerbread House!

(a.k.a. Let’s Shove As Much Candy Into Our Mouths Before Mom Notices What We’re Doing!
Or…
I Bet The Candy Will Stick Much Better After We’ve Licked It All!)

And then we wrapped up our pre-Christmas festivities with our…

#1: Annual Family Trip to the Christmas Tree Farm!

The Little Miss and Little Mister, in their usual form, were cranky for most of the outing.

Undeterred, we just pulled them along,

filled them with donuts and hot cocoa,

and made them take lots of goofy pictures until they cheered up.

Of course Numero Tres was as jolly as ever.

Just like his Mama. (Ha!)

So all in all, the day was a success.

Even if it did take us 2 more weeks to actually put any ornaments on the tree.
Did I mention the tired part yet?

So there you have it, our Christmas Countdown 2014.

Now, time to find some more sweet treats to munch on…

Hooray for Christmas!!!