Oh and yeah, we did celebrate Christmas

I don't know if it's because I'm a novice blogger, or more likely because I'm me, that I get overwhelmed by the idea of posting about a significant event or holiday.  There's just too much involved.  Too many pictures, too many stories, really just too much to decide on, so I procrastinate it until it is almost irrelevant and then I can get by with some silly little montage of photos with meaningless little quotes that really say nothing about all the fun we had during said holiday or event.
 And because I am a traditional kind of girl, here you are...Christmas 2010 with the Lloyds on Ross.

We started with a little decorating...



Oh yeah, I got a case of the crafties.



Note to self - decorating with candy and kids = no decorations by Christmas.

 We got our traditional new ornament for the tree which Emmy was very excited to choose and hang.

 We got ourselves a little elf named Bootycakes (by Emmy of course) who kept a close watch on who was being naughty and who was being nice. 


Dear makers of Elf on the Shelf, you don't work on my child. There was no net increase in nice behavior.   Please make something scarier or more guilt inducing for next year.  Thanks.

 We excitedly bundled the kids up for an evening of Christmas in historic Montgomery...


Neither one of them got at all excited until they saw the free popcorn.  Santa shmanta.

We went to Grammy and Grampy's for Christmas Eve with Angie and Mike.

We opened A LOT of presents, cause that's how Grammy roles yo.

Subtle anticipation

   

  Rosa ran laps around the fab new hardwoods to work off all the baked goods...

Emmy made some deeeelicious microwaved grape soda.



365 days working hard for the nice list = totally worth it man.

 Christmas morning at our house started with Emmy creeping down the hallway to "check things out".  As soon as she saw a lit tree and presents she said "uh oh...I think Santa's been here"



Aww...Santa brought twinkie sleeping bags!

The aftermath.  Note the Starbucks on the table.  Closed on Christmas, well we'll just getcha the night before, fridge it and microwave in the a.m.  And a Merry Christmas we shall have. 

From our neighbor - how did she know?

We packed up and headed to Nashville for Christmas with the Lloyd gang.  Bunch of hooligans.
Pat made some yummy hunks and chunks...

"I'm strong to the finish..."

Tried to get a picture of the kids...

Now that's much better.

Pop and Boo got comfortable.

Rosa was especially smitten with Henry.  I briefly considered smuggling him home with us among the rest of our Christmas stash, but figured Matt and Danza might notice...and then that would be awkward.

Pop entertained Emmy at breakfast with a coin game.

All kinds of good times had by all! Thanks to all Family and Friends for filling our Christmas with so many wonderful moments and memories.  And I haven't even thought about describing New Year's yet.