Snuggles and Superheroes: December, Abridged

I've really been slacking on the blog. I blame the start of the school year because, well, that's how it is when you're a teacher. I've been neglecting it so much so that I don't remember enough to even write very much. So here is December in a nutshell. Looking back, it was a pretty amazing December. I love getting to relive the magic of the Christmas season through the eyes of my boys. This is such a fun age, and I hope I remember it fondly forever. Because years from now I will miss the days when the bottom half of our Christmas tree was either empty or in complete disarray (due to Owen and Logan taking off the ornaments and playing with them like they are toys until they are broken; 24 ornaments on the one day I counted).

Random Christmas quotes from Owen:
-While listening to Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer: "I think this song is sad because I love my grandma."
-"When Santa watches us when it's not Christmas, does he watch us like on a TV?"

Christmas pictures with Santa- Logan was too scared to sit by himself

Cuddly reading time with Dad in matching pjs

We were looking at our Christmas DVDs and thinking about which one to watch later that evening, when Logan saw the Home Alone DVD and did this.

Christmas lights at Deacon Dave's

I love "our Iron Horse Trail" (as Owen calls it) in the winter- cold, crisp, and sunny

Just a normal, everyday walk for my goofy Owen. He picked out the outfit himself and decided to bring along his new trumpet, a gift from Robin & Matt.

Giant mudslides on the bike path near our house, the result of rains so heavy that- gasp- they had to close our schools for a day. You can see the mud wrapped around the tree and spilling into the gutter. There is an enormous hillside above, outside the frame, and I think that one of these days the whole thing is going to slide right down.