This time though it's not the boys. It's me! I had decided a while ago that I wanted to be a mom with some sort of crafty skill. I really have none. One thing I always wanted to do was crochet. I hadn't found the time or teacher until now. My friend Ruth was sharing some photos of her kids with me and I noticed the beautiful crocheted(spelling?) out fit. Well it turns out she is a crafty mom. She does have her own cloth diaper company so this should have been a no brainer for me. I have had two lessons now and am hooked.
The first thing I made was a hot pad. It was not beautiful, but my mom loved it enough to give it a good home. The second thing was called a ......... I forget:) Anyone else who knows please remind me. My other first was when I was making hot apple cider with Samantha. She told me that at Woods she had almost gotten a hot caramel apple cider. Oh that sounded so good, but no Woods coffee stand in my kitchen. Then I realized I had caramel topping. That was a good hot caramel apple cider! The best part was I didn't have to pay 4 dollars for it and now I get to blog about the first one I made.
She has started to read!! Can you believe it Melia can read. She told me a while ago that she wanted to learn. I was not ready, but she was and off we went. The first program we tried she became bored with and said it wasn't teaching her fast enough. We picked up Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Lessons and on lesson 12 she started reading. Nothing to hard, but we found Bob Books which she can do on her own. 
What a big girl she is now.
It was her preschool so there were kids of all ages. Like this cute boy. 
I don't him, but his red cheeks screamed holiday cheer. After we left the girls were singing their favorite song."Fleece on a Dog" As sung by Kellina. "Fa lease mama dot" As sung by Melia. "Faliz na dee da" As sung by Aspen. My mom came up with Fleas on a dog and Fleece the log. When we got home Kellina was sharing her favorite part of the song. "We want to wish you a Merry Christmas" Then I jumped in with "And a happy New Year" She got a very confused look on her face and Samantha informed me its "From the bottom of our heart". Oops! It was a fun time with funny lyrics
Joshua has recently also learned that his mouth makes a good third hand. When both hands are being used, when he crawls, or just because he wants too all things go straight to his mouth.
