Francis prepares for Christmas

Francis has no idea that Christmas is around the corner despite all the new things that have been going on. After returning from Columbia last week we decided Francis was due for his first hair cut. He did very well and didn't seem to notice that anything different was going on (thanks to the Sesame Street DVDs from Aunt Sam). Don't worry, we didn't cut too much off and saved every last curl.

We got a live tree last weekend which Francis seems to enjoy having in the house. We were only able to decorate the top two feet with ornaments after Francis tried to pull some off, but he doesn't bother the strands of lights too much. He has fallen face-first into the tree several times while trying to lean on it but has mostly left it alone. He can almost say "tree" and points to it if you ask him where the tree is.

Last weekend we took Francis to Toys R Us for the first time. Now that he can walk he refuses to sit in a buggy and insisted on touching everything in sight. Fortunately, there were hundreds of other children losing their minds and Francis did fine in comparison. Geoffrey the Giraffe and Santa were on hand to greet kids, but Francis showed little interest in either.