Proud Moment

Monday evening I heard a squeal of delight followed by "mom, mom I finished". Ashley finished her first chapter book. She read Flat Stanley's Christmas Adventure all by herself. She was so excited and I was so proud of her! She has really picked up reading and loves it! She is hoping to finish another chapter book before school starts on Monday. Good Luck Ashley!!!
Also, on Monday we canned our first applesauce. The girls were such a big help and we got all our apples pealed, mashed, and canned. It amazed me how well we worked together. I was hesitant to can them by myself, but the girls were awesome! We were all in amazement when we discovered that two of our trees at the back of our property are apple trees. We have a ton of crab apple trees, yuk, but had no idea we had two really good trees. Next year we will start picking and canning earlier, maybe we can get more done. We had some good moments this week!