Christmas Prep

Since I haven't posted in a while, I have some catching up to do. We got ready for Christmas by putting up a "Christmas Tree in a Box" sent to us by my mom. The boys had a great time putting the cardboard pine boughs and decorations on and were thrilled with their new horses that they got when the tree was delivered. Thanks Mom for making our house look a little more like Christmas!
The boys each saw Santa 5 times this year! Mason cracked me up with his analysis of each Santa, trying to figure out which ones were real and which ones were "helpers." This Santa (at Mason's school) was definitely a helper because he was wearing shoes instead of black boots! Mason doesn't miss a detail!
Mason was kind enough to let Logan visit with Santa too and then gave Logan a royal tour of his school.
Mason was so cute with Logan at his preschool. He had his arm around him almost the whole time and helped him participate. This is the kids saying the pledge of allegiance, and Mason held Logan's hand over his heart.
Logan got to have snacks with the other kids and was so excited to be sitting at the table with Mason and his friends. Logan really was so well behaved I am considering sending him with Mason every day! I am glad my boys are such good buddies - it makes me so proud!

Logan's ABCs

Since Mason got his minute of fame on the blog, I thought Logan deserved his moment too. Here are his ABCs (this is mostly for his grandparents and aunts, the rest of you can ignore this if you wish!).

Mason's Nativity

Mason's preschool did a nativity pageant last week and Mason was the inn keeper. He did a great job and had the only line in the show, "There's no room in the inn!" I taped it so Eric could see it later and I thought you all might enjoy seeing Mason in the final song of the play.

First Snow

We had our first real snow in Philly last week and the kids had so much fun playing in it. There wasn't enough for a snowman, but we did make some good snowballs. Really all Mason and Logan wanted to do was eat it - gross! A couple times while I was shoveling the sidewalk, I caught them on their hands and knees eating snow off the ground without their hands! How do kids survive with all the gross things they do?
Our neighbor Nick moved on Thursday and we were so sad to see him go. It is wierd to look outside and not have him across the street. I miss the sound of him whistling whenever he was outside or him yelling, "Meg! I have something for the boys!" He called me Meg from the first time he met me and I always felt like he was looking out for me when I was home alone. He always brought my trashcans back into my porch on trash day and he even took my trash out a couple times when we forgot it was trash day! Luckily a couple from our ward, Reina and Chris Barton, bought his place so I will have some great new neighbors soon, but we will always remember Nick Casselli!