Winter with Josh

Well winter has arrived here in MI. This means it is chilly. Josh LOVES to walk in the dusting of snow, every time we get some. He enjoys touching it, but then gets upset because his hands are cold. Still working on cause and effect obviously! He begs to go to church everyday, but then on the days we go, he just wants to sit in the car. He had a play date with his best friend Graham and they promptly broke into Grahams sisters room and started eating her Halloween candy! Great, now my child is the leader of the "lets steal from our siblings"gang. He is constantly trying to climb out of his car seat and it is very frustrating. He LOVES our Christmas tree even though he took a glass ornament off of it and broke it the first day we put it up. He tried to make instant oatmeal in the microwave, (yes he climbs the counter, opens the door, puts food in and pushes buttons) except he forgot the WATER, so now the house smells like burnt oatmeal. YUM. He has been helping me make cookies, some for a cookie exchange at church. Which when we went to, he kept sneaking into the cookie room and stealing cookies. He adores the library although the whole "be quiet" thing seems to be hard for him, in the car also. I think that he thinks since we are sitting in different parts of the car, we can't hear him. Everything he says in the car is done at the level you need when trying to talk in the middle of a heavy metal concert. He has lost all of my earrings, once again dumped all his baby soap into the tub to make bubbles and at the store yesterday, opened the "gogurts" and ate one and then opened the coffee creamer and pulled the safety tab off. He is still a one baby wrecking crew, but as beautiful as ever. He went with the kids and I the other day to ring the Salvation Army bell and was very cute, in his volunteer apron singing Christmas carols and ringing the bell. So maybe I am doing one or two things right. Have a beautiful advent season. God bless!