Christmas 2011

Another great Christmas came and went in a flurry. Greta enjoyed all of the festivities and we did all the packing we could in between. It was our last Christmas on New York Ave and our last Christmas as a family of three. Lots to look forward to in 2012!

It started the night of the 23rd with a reading of The Night Before Christmas by Santa in the local children's book store

Then off to the deRijke house on the 24th for Christmas Eve dinner and a children's church service

Later that night Greta got to open one gift

And the next morning she was delighted to discover Santa brought her a new CD player (and goldfish in her stocking, which she gobbled up promptly)

We went back to the deRijke's Christmas morning to check out their toys and eat a yummy brunch

And we wrapped up the festivities that night with some pre-bedtime rowdiness. All in all a great holiday!

Visit from Santa

Santa and the Mrs. visited our local market again this year, so we just had to stop by for a quick photo. I was hoping that by joining Greta on Santa's she'd be a little less shy, but no such luck.



She quickly recovered after we hopped off, and managed a nice little goodbye wave.