Christmas 2015

We were happy to spend Christmas Eve and Day this year at home.  On Christmas Eve, Eric took the boys to the mall to get their photo with the Bass Pro Santa.  They waited in line for an hour but the cute pic was definitely worth it.  My parents arrived that morning and we met the boys for lunch and a quick trip to Dave & Busters.  We skipped Lincoln's nap and attended Christmas Eve service at our church at 3:00.  After church we decorated a gingerbread house and gingerbread cookies.  We did an easy dinner and then let the boys open their Christmas Eve gifts.  We watched a little of the Polar Express before putting out the milk and cookies for Santa.  This was Lincoln's first year helping Hayden put out the goodies.  He decided to drink some of the milk and eat a couple of the reindeer's carrots but we talked him out of the cookies.  :)  Christmas morning, Hayden was up at 5:30 so I laid with him until 6:30 when he just couldn't wait any longer.  He was excited to come down the stairs and see what Santa had left.  We started with his stocking and then waited until 8:00 to get Lincoln in on the action.  The boys were very excited about all their gifts.  Some were from Santa and some were from out of town family.  We saved their big gift from us until last.  It was a wonderful Christmas 2015!  Here are some pics from the two days....

Cute boys with Santa

Gingerbread decorating

Hayden's first gingerbread house

Not Lincoln's first cookie.

Ninja Turtle house complete

Lincoln wanted a picture with it.

My 3 handsome boys

Christmas Eve gifts

Matching jammies

Sweet brothers

Cuddles with Grammy

Cookies and Carrots

Don't forget the Milk!

Santa has arrived

Hayden's Stocking

What's in my Santa sack?

Wake up Lincoln!

Hayden helping Lincoln with his stocking

Mommy & Daddy with some star wars gear

Blaze!

The only thing Hayden asked Santa for was a pair of Jordan's.  Happy boy!

Kindle Fire's from Mommy and Daddy

I think they like it

Hayden's new dino was a hit too

Tis the season

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve!  We have had lots of fun this holiday season.  We have had family visits, trips to see multiple train gardens, playdates, and an early Christmas gift of tickets to a Ravens game.  Here are all my pics of our holiday fun from the last month.....

Family pic with Santa at the B & O train museum in Baltimore

Me and Linc at the B & O - he really wanted to ride the reindeer

Aunt Addie came for a visit

The boys ran into Santa at the Ellicott City B & O

Linc had friends over for our annual Polar Express Playdate

Daddy took the boys to the train display at Marley Station Mall

And to the Arbutus Fire House Train Display

A night out to see Christmas lights in our pajamas

Brother Elf and Reindeer

Breaking it down

Mommy and Linc had a field trip to the Ellicott City Fire House train display with school friends

Nana & Papu came to visit  and we took them to the German Christmas market in Baltimore

Baltimore Christmas!

Abusing Papu

Hayden's First Ravens Game

The big boys had so much fun

They almost made it through the whole game in the cold.

Mommy & Linc at an ugly sweater playdate with school friends

Hayden's ornament he made at school.  My favorite keepsakes.

Linc's handprint tree

Merry Christmas 2015!!

Museum Fun

Instead of doing a party for Lincoln's 3rd birthday we planned some family fun day trips.  Eric had off the Friday before his birthday so we took Lincoln to Port Discovery Children's Museum in Baltimore.  We rarely have time alone with just Lincoln so it was fun to give him all our attention.  Our next museum trip was to the B & O Railroad Museum.  My parents came up to join us and we enjoyed seeing the special lego train display they had out that weekend only.  We took a train ride and even got to see Santa.  The Monday before Thanksgiving Eric had off so we took both boys to DC to visit the National Air & Space Museum and Natural History Museum.  It was a chilly day but the boys really enjoyed the Metro ride into the city, seeing the planes, dinosaurs, gems, bugs, etc.  Here are some pics from our museum adventures....

Lincoln's Day Out

Score!

This was a little scary but daddy helped me climb all the way up and down

What could be better than legos in water?

B & O Family Pic

Yay for trains!

Electric Circuits

Brothers building

Cheese!

Grammy & Pops on the Train

Love this kid

Let's ride

Metro into DC

Awesome Planes!

Seeing a real cockpit

Walking to the Natural History Museum

Quick pose with the Elephant

We love our daddy!

Cool Magnet rock

T-Rex

My cute boys walking back to the Metro.  What a fun day!