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We’re finally starting to get in the mood for Christmas. We picked out and decorated our tree two weeks ago. We did some shopping and Jason had the chance to meet Santa Clause and tell him what he wanted for Christmas- a choo-choo train and a small toy for Robert. (He later refined this to a yellow choo-choo train with a yellow track and a small train for Robert.)

Last night Jason and Mike built and decorated a gingerbread train.

Today, Mike and Hristina went to the holiday celebration at Jason’s school. Each class performed a different song, then we went back to his classroom to make a gingerbread man. After that, Jason visited with Santa and received a present.

Here is a video of Jason’s performance. The song is “Snow Miser.”

Here is a fun recent picture of Jason and his brother Robert.

We all recently had some family photos taken at Wavehill, a public garden and cultural center in the Bronx.

Here’s is a link to view the photo album.

Jason and family went to the Bronx Zoo for the “Boo at the Zoo” Halloween activities. Rather than saying he went to the zoo, Jason will always say he went to “Boo at the Zoo.”

Jason and Robert were both very excited to see the animals and many activities available. They seemed to like the monkey, snakes, turtles, and bears the most. Jason made his own Halloween mask, everyone rode the merry-go-round, and Jason and Robert loved the magic show. They both got lollipops from a Verizon booth.

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Jason had a great time this weekend at the local church carnival. We went on Saturday and met with some neighbors and Jason tried out many of the rides. We went back on Sunday with some other friends and Jason grew more adventurous, riding the Ferris Wheel and the Rollercoaster!

Here are a few pictures from Sunday.

Today, Jason returned to pre-school. He had first gone to school in January and attended for a few months.

This time around Jason was immediately happy and excited. Mom and Dad dropped him off and he started playing with a boy named Matthew. We said goodbye and that was it.

At pick up, Jason told us he rode a bicycle very fast. The teacher read a book about the moon. He also said they had a book like our book Corduroy. He was not sure what he ate for a snack.

Jason will go to school 2.5 hours in the morning, Monday to Friday.

Here is a recent picture of Jason and Jason next to his locker.