Sandwiched between his 2 best friends in his class, Luca looked totally thrilled (and a bit tired too, especially if you saw how much he was yawning on stage!) to be performing in his Christmas show at school.
A very attentive bell ringer working very hard at keeping the beat...though it was kind of hard to tell if he was amidst the other 80 or so 2-5 year olds!
Just days before Christmas, we were gifted with the flu bug (not naming names...), and unknowingly we passed it on to many (un)lucky recipients. Luca was hit the hardest (though he and I ran a close race) and he took it upon himself to take a late morning nap. Legs crossed, paci in, this boy looks pretty comfy, despite how he really felt :(
After a recent visit to my old school, Luca took an interest in "shishors", and this teacher let him at it! The result? He's a natural! (Watch out Edward Scissorhands!) The other result?
MILLIONS of little pieces of paper covered the floor. Luca did his best picking them up, but only to cut them smaller. He's a natural!
Upon 1st glance, our Christmas tree may look like yours. But I guarantee yours doesn't have Luca's special touches....Take a closer look....
this season he's taken to hanging his socks on the Christmas tree! 
Yes, that's right. Santa received a visit from Luca today. Instead of your typical child shying away from Santa, Luca pushed his way to the front of the line. And instead of your typical child rattling off a list of things he or she DOES want, Luca made it very clear to Santa of what he DIDN'T want..."I don't want a candy cane (Santa wasn't even offering one yet). It's too minty."
Well, now that that's been cleared up, plenty of time for pictures!
See Nico, that's how a visit to Santa is clearly done.
Much to my dislike, the snow came down last week...and enough to make any child want to play outside. So during Nico's nap, we bundled up (that almost took up his entire nap!) and headed out to our new backyard (yey! we finally have one that's play worthy!)
Snow gear on, tongues out...standard kid attire for any snowy day!
Snow, glorious snow! 
1st official snow angel...ever (i think!) 
While we were unpacking, what was 4 more boxes full of Christmas decorations? We were on a roll! Somehow 50% of our ornaments ended up on the bottom of our tree, but slowly over time we've been balancing them out.
It was worth the extra effort of putting up our tree in the middle of unpacking the rest of the house, because when we were done, Luca stood back and said "Look at our beautiful tree! Now we have a tree just like everyone else!" How could we even think of not decorating our house for Christmas?!?