My friend and I

This is my friend Magaly. We like to hang out together, whenever she has a day off and can come over. We cook and eat lunch, bake a dessert, talk, and laugh. I befriended her when she was investigating the church. She got baptized, then she started going to the singles ward and I moved to the Magnolia ward. We still keep in touch. This pic is from Dec, but we hung out again yesterday.

A first, a crooked, and a comfortable one

Noah after his 1st day in Sunbeams, his class at church. He cried/screamed the whole time and called for daddy. But he liked the ball with lights that his teacher gave him.



Weston showing his tooth coming out (crooked!).

And this is Noah, while I do things in the computer. He laid out a blanket on top of some filing boxes, got a little "Plumbing Codes" book and a pencil, and is "studying"...... He liked the fact that the book is tiny. (This pic is NOT posed!)

10 things

I should be a copy cat of the good things and copy my friend Wendy in what she copied from her sister-in-law "Ten on Tuesdays". Well today is not Tuesday but I just want to start. It's about posting 10 things you would like to remember or share (experiences, ideas, etc). So let's see if I can write 10.
1. Weston already lost his 2nd tooth (at church, like the first one). Both experiences have been a "oh, there's my tooth" while holding it on his fingers. Too easy!
2. Noah is getting better and better in the potty training. He loves getting his jelly beans as a reward.
3. I (Melissa) started playing volleyball last year, with a group of girls from church, from different wards. We play every Thursday from 9-11pm. Yeap, PM, no mistake. I LOVE that "me" time. Wally and I do our daily routine of putting the kids to bed, by 8pm, and I make sure they are completely asleep, so I can leave around 8:40pm, since it takes me 20 minutes to get to the church (where we play, in the gym). I love playing!
4. Weston loves reading books, especially at night, and he is getting better at this reading. We love Dr. Seuss's books.
5.Wally is now the 2nd counselor in the Elders quorum at church; and is enjoying it.

6. Weston loves playing with K'nex and legos. He loves building with them.

7. I heard "Mommy, Mommy!" So I came and that's what I found. Noah was trying to reach some games, on his own. NOT SAFE!

8. "My favorite breakfast", Weston said. So why not take a picture? (Bacon, eggs, cinamon roll, and grape juice) And yes, that was MY plate and I do like my scrambled eggs with ketchup. That is a childhood thing...

9. Weston doesn't complain about doing homework. He really likes doing it. Hopefully this stays throughout the many years of homework to come. I do sit with him and help him.

10. I love baking. I try to always have a treat and I like to share with my neighbors.

Jammies Day at the school!

The school had a movie and pajamas day, and everyone in the school (at different times) watched The Polar Express, and drank hot chocolate and ate cookies (I believe), and they were all wearing pajamas, how fun! Except the parents, when we came to the party...

 The kids were supposed to decorate cookies with frosting and sprinkles and candies. The mom that brought the cookies, misses the detail that they were going to do that, and brought sugar cookies already decorated! So the kids were not sure what to do, but put more frosting and candies on top! There was a lot of candy wasted... How sad!

Below, is Weston with his 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Jennifer McHone, and his friends Carson and Sarina, and also my friend Claudia and her son Jake, also Weston's friend, and neighbor.