Christmas Program

It took a while, but I finally figured out I had to put the videos on YouTube to share them. Hope you enjoy, I sure did!

True Christmas Story


Rudolph, We Wish you a Merry Christmas, Where is Santa

Christmas Program

There's always one. You know, the sheep that kind of stands out. The one who draws everyone attention. The one who...has to be heard (excuse the pun). I am thinking she did not have a chance from the start to even blend in with the rest of the flock. Her class were all sheep, easy enough. They had cute little fuzzy ears that were supposed to hang down, but Millie's must have been on upside down because hers pointed up and out. She was the one in the flock that just had to be noticed. And she was noticed. She may not have known all the words but boy...the ones she did know she made sure were loud and proud.

Even before the singing started, the pastor was reading the Christmas story and as she mentioned a person or animal, they came up front and stood...quietly. When the sheep were walking up the aisle, you could hear one little sheep (with upright ears) going bah, bah, bah. Not real loud, just kind of quiet and a little spooky. I am not sure if they were all supposed to be doing it or not, but Millie made sure she performed her role to the best of her ability and if she was going to be a sheep, she was going to make sounds!

Reed is 5 Months and Other Exciting Stuff

Both of my little ones are impressing me today. Reed is 5 months old now and thinks he is tough stuff standing up all the time. He can be crying and when we stand him up, he just starts this little chuckle. You can tell he is so very proud of himself but at the same time thinking "This can really help me in the future..." He really cracks me up when he does it, especially with the constant string of drool that is hanging from his mouth like our old Basset Hound, Rosie, always had. At least Reed does not have bits of colored dog biscuit chunks hanging in it...I sure miss Rosie, drool and all. Mom really loved it when Rosie would come up behind her after work and rub the dog biscuit infused drool on the back of her dress pants, she may not admit it but I am sure she did. If none of you know what a basset looks like, here is one that looks just like Rosie, his name is Charlie.

On to my other little one. Millie has been loving to learn her letters, she has known them all for some time now. She is constantly saying a word and sounding it out telling me what letter it starts with. The other night we were spelling some words for her and she remembered how to spell them all when she sent her Grandmas and God Parents an e-mail today. She typed, all by herself, the words MOM, DAD, MILLIE, MAMMY, REED, GG, and JJ. Granted the last 2 were kind of easy but I am counting them.

Just a Quick Note

We are getting ready to head to Indiana for a few days and I had to tell a little story first. I was going to get Millie from school today but Reed was sound asleep and I had to wake him up. Well, lets just say I learned a lesson there. From now on, I will allow Reed a few minutes to wake up before I change his diaper. Not only did he pee all over everything (he has done that many times) but this is the first time he actually got it right in his mouth! Yes folks, nice solid stream into his happy little smiling open mouth. He moved his head a little then the rest shot right in his eye. I am guessing this is not good hygiene for either the mouth or the eye but I guess we will see what happens. He did manage to stop the flow (good control) and I covered...it...with a wipe. While changing his clothes, he unloaded again until his changing pad was soaked and he was swimming in it. Good thing I had...it...covered so it did not shoot all over everything again!

Millie's Stats and a Lucky Drive

Millie had her 3 year checkup last week. Somehow we fell behind and because of insurance stuff, we will never catch up if we want them to pay. So, a few months late but Millie is doing great. She is 34 1/2 pounds (80%), 40 inches tall (97%) and her body mass index is 25% (not sure if that is the actual BMI or if that is her %). Anyway, they had a handout to track your child's progress. For those of you who know Millie well, you will find this very funny...

DEVELOPMENT-YOUR 3 YEAR OLD SHOULD BE DOING THIS
Can name a picture in a book...she reads books to us from memory
Names at least one color...how about 30
Knows her own name...yep-her full name, address and phone number and can spell her name
Begins to use pronouns...come on people, are you serious?
Put on her own shirt...check
May be able to ride a tricycle...does riding her bike with no training wheels count?
Can jump in one place and stand on one foot...yes for over a year now
Can open doors...who came up with this list?

Seriously, I think the teacher of the special class came up with these "Guidelines". I have been around many 3 year olds and they are far past this list.


Now, about the odd photos. Yes, that is Millie asleep in her car seat while placed in the middle of a parking lot. Driving to Indiana over Thanksgiving, we drove for 5 hours, made 3 stops and in the driveway of Rick's parent's house, the tie rod on the front axle came apart and Rick had no stearing. Now imagine if this had happened on the interstate while driving 75 MPH with all of us in the truck...not good. We are so blessed that God was with us and we made it safely home before this happened. The photos were taken after Rick's mom took us to Jasper to get his truck and Millie fell asleep in the Explorer on the way there. We were curious if Millie would stay asleep while moving the car seats around...she did. I could not resist taking a photo of her asleep in the car seat, it was pretty cold too and she did not wake up. If you look close, she also has her spider man sunglasses on.