A Merry Month

I love Christmas because it encompasses not just one (very special and holy) day, but a whole month of exciting preparation and festivities. Now I’m not talking about the shopping part – that I could do without. I’m talking about all of the great opportunities there are to celebrate with family and friends, as we joyfully anticipate the birth of Christ.

We kicked off our month with a super-fun outing with friends (as the Little Miss would say, “Yay for the Mugford and Irons families!”) to a Christmas light show at a farm in rural NC…

Complete with a pow-wow with Santa!

“What do you want for Christmas, my dear?
“A Christmas Tree!”

Done.

A few days later, with Grammie along for the ride, we drove out to a farm near Jordan Lake to choose the annual Wright family Christmas tree.

The Little Miss has a knack for being a wee bit cranky during these outings (read about our 2011 tree experience), but we pushed through. And the Little Mister was his usual jolly self…that is, until he encountered the attack of the kissing Big Sister.

But no toddler-moodiness or baby-teariness is any match for swings, jump houses, and hay rides!

Oh, and there were funny decorative trees to lock your children in!

Just kidding. Well, sort of.

And the piece de resistance of the month? Why, the Little Missy’s preschool Christmas performance, of course!

(Type in “wright” to watch the video).

(We tried to arrive early this time, to get a better video-taping-spot. But sheesh! Some of those parents must camp-out at the preschool overnight for the prime real estate!)

It was a MERRY month…only to be topped by the day of Christmas itself. But more on that later!

Our Little Christmas Dancer

Christmas greetings! Well, given that it’s nearing the end of January I guess it would be more appropriate to say: “Christmas greetings…a month belated!”

As I mentioned in our last post, we spent the holiday with Mike’s family in Delaware.

We had a fun few days together and, as always, the Little Miss had a blast with her cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents. Though truth be told, her heart was captured by another very special being…err, thing…Grandpop’s remote control train. It was love at first sight (and quite a handy distraction when Mommy and Daddy wanted a break!).

When not completely captivated by the train, the Little Miss entertained herself (and everyone else) with all sorts of fun little games and antics. Here’s a special moment that Daddy was able to capture on camera…

(Type in “belly” to watch the video)

“Why is Grandpop wearing a tie with his T-shirt?”, you may be asking yourself. I cannot say…Eggnog does funny things to people, I guess. But the Little Dancer thought he had style!

Here are a few other fun moments from our Christmas holiday…

It was a great trip and holiday!

Though this does come a month belated, we hope that your Christmas was a wonderful time with loved ones and – most importantly – a joyful celebration of the birth of Jesus, our Lord and Savior!

(Taken as we sung “Silent Night” at the end of the Christmas worship service)

A Christmas Smorgasbord

Hello people! So admittedly, we’ve been pretty bad about blogging over the past few weeks. Rest assured, all are well in the Wright household after a very happy and fun holiday.

Here are some snippets from the past month. We spent Christmas in Delaware with Mike’s family (more on that in a later post), and then rang in the New Year at home in Durham.

First is the Little Miss picking out our Christmas tree…
(Betcha wouldn’t guess that our Little Sleepyhead was cranky for much of this outing. Suffice to say, a family photo in front of our new tree was a “NO GO”. But we brought home a beautiful tree!)

Then seeing the Christmas tree up for the first time…
(Type in “belly” to watch the video)

And placing the first ornament…
(A sweet moment, quickly followed by Little-Miss-Short-Attention-Span opting for other diversions)

Now I know you are all thinking to yourselves, “What did the Little Miss get from Santa?!?”

Well…the jolly fellow actually made a special trip back to Durham, after we returned home from Delaware, to deliver some holiday cheer (in the form of a play kitchen, rocking horse, and musical instruments) to our Little Elf. We had a merry 2nd Christmas morning with just the Little Miss, Mommy, and Daddy.