Lucy was far more engaged in her second Christmas than her first. She was joined by her entire family to unwrap presents in Raleigh, and her gifts included her first tool set, a dump truck, lots of bath toys, a basketball hoop, and some fancy new sneakers.

She attended Christmas Day mass at St. Raphael and had her first taste of Mimi’s lasagna (as well as the Flinn family tradition of Christmas party-crackers) on Christmas Eve.  She also enjoyed taking ornaments off of the tree.

Even though the highs were in the 60s during the first weekend of December, Lucy helped pick out a Christmas tree.

When it cooled down the following evening she visited the Holiday Express at Pullen Park in downtown Raleigh, where she took her first rides on a carousel (of which she was definitely not a fan) and a train (which she liked much better).