Frosty and Friends

Chris and Grandpa Crossley built a giant snowman with the boys.
What a handsome bunch!

Sledding Chapman's Dam

This is the first time Mathew has really gotten into sledding by himself!
He and Nathan had a blast sledding with Dad and Grandpa Crossley.

Christmas Eve

This picture is one in a million, well, maybe one in several dozen!
But I finally got one with both of them looking and smiling.

Gingerbread House

The boys decorated their first gingerbread house this year... thanks to Ms. Sara who bought house thinking it would be a good project for the kids when she came to babysit. But thanks to a snowstorm, our plans were canceled and Ms. Sara never came over. She gave the house to the boys anyway, hoping they would have fun with it. And they did.

First was the frosting. Mathew really enjoyed smacking the frosting with the spatula. Nathan was a little more interested in actually spreading it on the house.


After frosting came the fun part. Decorating with candy! Mathew kept asking me, "Mama, I eat this one?" I kept telling him that if he ate it, he wouldn't be able to put it on the house. After a short pause to think, Mathew put the candy on the house. We repeated this everytime he picked up a piece of candy. Eventually he figured out that putting candy on the house allowed him to get frosting on his fingers!

Nathan decided the house needed Christmas lights. So he lined the edge of the roof with small round candies, "just like our house!"

Both boys enjoyed working on their masterpiece and were disappointed when the candy ran out!

Mathew Says

Mathew was "reading" the 5 Little Monkeys book this morning while I was in the shower. He was reading the one where the monkeys are sitting in a tree, teasing Mr. Crocodile, "Can't catch me". Then along comes Mr. Crocodile and "Snap!"

As I got out of the shower, Mathew lectured me, "Never ever EVER go into a alligator's mouth."

I thought this was pretty good advice.

He's a Preschooler!

Today was Mathew's first day of preschool!


He looks so grown up standing in the preschool room with his new haricut.


Now THERE'S the mischief maker I know! Good luck Ms. Marie!