Female Foy: Christmas in April

We visited Santa at the mall this year. I was afraid that Lincoln was going to freak his freak when we dragged him close to a large old man dressed in garish colors and shouting HO HO HO! But he wasn't - at all!! I was so proud. He walked up and said hi then let me put him on his lap for the picture. This little grin was all we could get out of him. I think he was too overwhelmed by all the decorations to give us a bigger grin, but I was happy with how it turned out. What a big boy!!! (18 months old) After we were done, Daddy and Linc were walking around while I paid and got the prints and Linc kept trying to go back in the exit to see his buddy Santa again.

I love Christmas! And even though this one was a little sad after the loss of Jim and Baba last year, we had a great Christmas. Lincoln isn't too sure about all of it yet, but he loves to beat the crap of Christmas trees and really loves opening presents!

He loved playing in all the decorations, including tulle and making ornaments sorry they every were manufactured and ended up in the Foy house. Before Christmas, we went to the Sugar Land town center for the big Christmas hooo-ha. It was really fun with carolers, choirs, Santa, and tons of people.

Jay and Linc posed with the super big elf - which confused me because aren't they supposed to be tiny?

We headed to Georgetown for Christmas 2010. Lincoln was super excited to see his BFF-cousin Matt. He wanted to be wherever Matt was the whole time. Christmas eve was nice, we had tamales and other good Christmas junk. We played cards and had a little Christmas cheer. I also started my new Christmas tradition by making Cinnamon rolls from scratch from the Pioneer Woman's recipe. I made the dough Christmas eve, then rolled and baked them on Christmas morning.

Yes, they were as good as they looked... if you like to cook, I recommend the recipe!!

Lincoln had a great time making art for the family as his gift this year. I bought some canvases at Big Lots and had some acrylics and brushed already. I think everyone liked the paintings but no one as much as Nani. She insists that hers is a bird on a branch and shows everyone at her Assisted Living and they have declared him a young Picasso.

Nani went with us this Christmas and had a nice time at Mary's house. We opened presents after coffee and rolls and it was a blast!

Here is Mary showing off her sassy fluffy slippers...

Here is Brother looking chipper on Christmas morning. I don't think he's used to having a toddler rise at 6:30 each morning. :)

Linc got a ton of presents of course, and we all enjoyed watching him open them. Some of his favorites were the Elmo phone, his tool kit, and train set.