It's been so long!!

For the one lone soul that might occasionally stop by my blog...I apologize on being a blog slacker! I will be posting some updates in the next week or so, time willing!

For now, my biggest news is that I've set up shop on Etsy.com making hair pretties for little girls. So, if you have a little girl, niece, cousin, know of any friends that have little girls, like to wear a little bit of hair flair yourself, then please come on by Scooterbug Flair! If you like what you see, pass the word along! If you are on Facebook, follow Scooterbug Flair with our fan page.

Great

Craig with Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Mulvey

Grandparents are great...but Great Grandparents are even greater. I mean, with the word "great" in the tittle, they have to be, right?! Craig and Saiah are blessed with two sets of Great Grandparents. Saiah was even able to meet her Great Grandma Ruth before she passed away and visited with Great Grandma Merrihew many times before she passed away last fall.

Just recently, we were able to visit with both sets of GG's...always so nice to see them! I really love that both sets of my grandparents are also Saiah and Craig's. They are wonderful, dear people to me and I'm so glad that they know them and have relationships with them. I have such wonderful memories growing up with my Grandparents.

Yay for Great Grandparents!

A visit with Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Dow

Playing with Great Grandma Dow

10, 9, 8....Fieldtrip!

Saiah, the Astronaut

(which she later said she would never want to be one!)

Our first fieldtrip of the school year was to Scienceworks in Ashland. NASA was there with a great exhibit on, what else, but space..of course. We had a fun time learning some interesting things about NASA and our moon/mars. Did you know that NASA is hoping to have an outpost that will allow people to "live"on the Moon by the year 2021? I had no idea.

We decided to end our fun fieldtrip by detouring over to the Yogurt Hut..yum. A great little place where you get to serve yourself and choose from 10 different yogurts, and about 500 million toppings. You pay by the ounce...which is great, unless you have a kiddo that likes to load her yogurt with gummy bears, gummy worms, and anything else gummyish. They aren't the lightest toppings. Silly girl.

Saiah, Shaylynn and Mason outside of the NASA exhibit

Inside a bubble - yeah..she kind of liked it. :)

We finished off our trip to the Yogurt Hut

My Squishybug, squished.

Hey..this is comfy

I was cleaning Saiah's room the other day and Craig was on her bed, hanging out...playing. All of a sudden I hear this "clunk" sound. I look, and somehow, Craig had fallen between Saiah's bed and the wall. I often call him my Squishybug..and he indeed looked squishy between the two!! He was as content as ever to sit there in that spot all crunched up, playing away with his blocks. It was quite the comical sight.

Crawling, Kisses and More

Craig has mastered the art of crawling. As we all know, gone are the days of Craig, sitting around a pile of toys, content to stay put. Two weekends ago, Jason declared that by the end of that weekend, Craig would be a crawler. Well, he was close. The week after that, Craig started actually moving forward with his rocking of all fours. This last week, he's become a speedy little mover. It's so amazing to watch him grow and learn.

On top of the crawling, Craig also learned how to pull himself up to stand with the couch. You can hear it in his voice when he's accomplished his task, as he makes all sorts of happy sounds. You just know he's completely thrilled with his new find! When you acknowledge his new feat and tell him "Craigy...look at you! You're such a big boy!", he just beams from ear to ear. It's way too cute.

Oh, and kisses! In just the last few days, Craig is giving those wonderful open mouth kisses to us. And when he really wants his mommy, out comes "Ma" or "Mum". Ahhh...melts my heart. <3

Picture to come soon..hopefully. :)

Pumpkin Hat...how cute it this?

I, like may people around me, am catching a bug. Not one that includes a stuffy nose, headache, cough, sore throat, or fever, but a craft bug. Well, I sure hope I'm not catching the "flu" bug as so many are. But lately, I've really been wanting to learn how to sew well(ok..first step here would be to learn my "new" sewing machine that my folks picked up for me at a garage sale back in June), and crochet. I would love to be able to make all the neat things people are selling. We sure could use some extra cash and I think it'd be fun. Not to mention the fact that they make great baby shower gifts.

I've pretty much convinced myself to take a beginners Crochet class through the City. Well, first, they have to get enough interest to put on a beginners class...so if anyone out there wants to learn to crochet with me...let me know! I'm hoping to learn to make some of those adorable hats for baby girls that are in all the professional pics I've been seeing. Heck..maybe I can figure out a manly enough hat for Craig to wear as well. I did find the above pumpkin hat and an acorn hat that was stinking cute..that would make an adorable fall photo in the leaves!

One of these days, I'm going to make a date with my sewing machine and hopefully become an accomplished crafty SAHM (which, is short for Stay at home mom, which now isn't short for it, since I typed it out anyways).

From the Blog of Crochet Patterns Only

Baby Legs...What's your take??

Baby Legs, originally uploaded by merri3.

Baby Legs. Baby Leg Warmers. Zootie Patootie. You know what I'm talking about. I love, love these things!! I finally broke down and bought Craig a pair a few weeks back from Mamabargains.com. I think they are stinkin cute and a great thing to have for when he's crawling all over the place.

Imagine my surprise (ok, not really), when Jason put his foot down on Craigy's new attire. No way. What?! But, they're so cute! Nope..he looks silly...like a girl. He won't be going out with those on!! Then, I get the feeling Saiah thinks they are pretty dorky as well. And then, I get the same feeling that my Mom isn't sure what to think about them either.

So...my question to those who read...all two of you: What's your take on Baby Legs? Yay or neigh? :)