So after hours of conversation and weeks of agonizing over whether to have a Christmas Tree, or not, the 'rents put their heads together and came up with a BRILLIANT idea: we'd have a tree...but it would be an OUTSIDE tree. That way I could look at it whenever I wanted, but they wouldn't have to be Grinches for the entire month of December! I told you it was brilliant!
So on a sunny day early in December, the big tree just outside our front picture window was donned with all things icy and sparkly. Then came the lights...in the yard, up the tree trunk, on the railings and roof line...there were beautiful colored lights everywhere! Every time Daddy plugged them in, I just had to giggle...they just made me happy! Here's what the finished project looked like:
Mommy wanted to make a special wreath that celebrated Christmas, but also announced my arrival. So she thought and thought...and she planned and designed...and then we made the trip to Michael's to gather the supplies. I couldn't get enough of glittery things, so Mommy put a bunch of things in our cart. Then she found some wooden butterflies (since Daddy calls me his little butterfly), some glitter paint in really cool colors, and a big green glitter bow. I loved it all so much I just couldn't help but squeal with delight while she was putting it all together. Here's what her finished wreath project looked like:
But then Daddy had to hang the wreath in the eave of the house. But how could he reach that high? He puzzled and puzzled...and then he had a BRILLIANT idea: he'd go up on the roof!!! So while Mommy fretted and paced around the yard, yelling at him to be careful, Daddy climbed the big ladder up onto the roof just like Santa, and hung the wreath. We caught him in action:
I just LOVED our decorations! Every morning when Mommy & Daddy would open the shades I would look out the window and proclaim in awe-filled wonder the only word that appropriately captured the feeling: "WHOOOOOA!"
This made Mommy & Daddy do the Happy Dance.
I'll tell you what made ME do the Happy Dance: going to Christmas Town USA!!! It was A-MA-ZING!!! I've never seen so many Christmas lights in my whole life!!! (I know I've only been alive for 2 years, but come on people, it's all relative!) Here's some pictures of our trip to McAdenville, NC:
This is me and Mommy in front of our favorite house
in Christmas Town USA. Isn't it crazy pretty?!?!
I know it's hard to tell, but this is me and Mommy up close...
Daddy was drunk on Hot Chocolate...so it's pretty blurry.
He snapped it just before he fell into the yard in a sugar-induced coma.
Once Mommy administered first aid and revived Daddy,
we got our photo op in front of our favorite house.
Mommy says that some pictures just don't have words
that do it justice. She thinks this is one of those times...
I love Daddy hugs...
...and Daddy kisses!
...and Daddy snuggles!!!
Mommy says this picture is "magical".
I'll take her at her word on this one...
She also says this one reflects
the Spirit of Christmas...and something
else about child-like wonder.
She also sighs every time she looks at this picture.
I think that's a GOOD thing.
MERRY CHRISTMAS! God bless us every one!!!
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