THE SMITH'SONIAN

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

SNOW DAY!!

Note: Those are wool socks on Kate's hands!

She does not have good mittens, so we improvised!

She loved eating the snow...
She finally just "dived in"!

She had a hard time walking!

Snow Angel Time!!

Moving on to the sand box toys/snow toys!!

Look closely and you will see our snow guys keeping watch on our snow castle!

Nothing like a snow pop!

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Smith Family February

Never a dull moment!

Let us catch you all up on our most recent fun!

Kate, Kate, Kate...never can get enough of Kate!!

Can never get enough FRILLS!!

Hope you all had a romantical Valentine's Day!!

And now,

What you've all been waiting for...

Introducing:

Ethan, the GREEN KNIGHT!!
(I realize that there is no green on the boy, but that is his name non-the-less)

AND...

Luke, the "whatever color Ethan decides for him" KNIGHT

Here's a little background info on this new obsession at our house:

Back in December, a wonderful family from our church took our family "Medieval Times". It's a live show and dinner - yum, by the way. The boys were on the edge of their seats for the whole 2 hours watching these knights joust and fight with swords, and on and on. After the show, this generous family bought the boys swords and shields. They have not put them down since that night. Each day the knights battle. Since then, we have been given 6 more swords and 2 more shields, so we are never lacking for weapons! The costumes evolve each day. Ethan seems to add a layer each day, complete with long sleeved pj's (chainmail), and new, just yesterday...underwear for a helmet. I about died laughing when the boys came around the corner with their little faces looking at me through one of the leg holes. The tunics are pillow cases I got from a thrift store and cut holes for their heads and arms.

Here is a little photo-op from yesterday:

Now, don't you feel caught up?!

Thursday, January 29, 2009

G R O W T H

Spurt

I took my sweet little peanut to the dr.'s today for her 15 month

(she is actually 16 months. I waited to take her with Ethan for his 4 year)

and found out she is no longer a little peanut, but rather a baby monster!

Run for your lives...she may eat you!!

A little growth history:

6mo - 50% height

5% weight

9mo - 10% height

0% weight

12mo - 10% height

5% weight

15mo - 70% height

60% weight

Yikes! There's no stopping her now!
She's a monster!!!!

The above picture is Kate sporting her 18 month clothes (which fit her rather nicely). The boys are ALWAYS wearing a size behind, so when she moved into a size ahead, I knew she was growin' growin'!

Thursday, January 22, 2009

CELEBRATE WITH US!

IT'S OUR 100th POST!!

In celebration, eat 100 m&ms, give your kids 100 pennies to spend at the $$ store, do 100 jumping jacks (come on now...do it for us!), or come up with some wonderful way to share in our 100th celebration. Let us know what you did and most importantly, don't forget to tell us...

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE POST????

Friday, January 16, 2009

Splish Slash, She was takin' a bath!

The other day I heard a little whimper coming from the bathroom- the first thing I thought was "why is she in the bathroom?" We try to always Keep the bathroom door shut because our sweet little Kate has been found, more than once, doing a little "splish, splash, splash" in the ol' can. Well, when I turned the corner, this is what I found!

I still can't figure out HOW she exactly got INTO the toilet - feet first??! But, I must say that I am very thankful that her feet WERE first and not her head! I stuck her in the sink and then she turned the cold water on herself...poor girl!

(and here I am snapping pictures!)