Thursday, February 25, 2010

"T" is for....

"T" is for ties and tutu's.......i am sure you can guess what jackson is learning at school!! on this day the theme was to be as manly or girlie as u can; all the boys wore ties like dads and the girls wore tutu's like ballerinas. it was so adorable to see them all together in the class. they had so much fun! look at my littleman...i captured these two shots right before heading off to school. jackson is not so into pictures these days, but he did manage to allow a couple!

jackson "posing" like a jcrew model
jackson telling me" no more pics please mom"

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

catch up

so, i have taken a little break lately from posting, mostly because there just isn't enough time in the day. all is good in the smith household. we actually have had lots of fun lately. we celebrated valentines, and this year, we did a sitter swap with good friends, which allowed all to have a really good time away carefree!!! Thanks "T". the weekdays seem to be flying by, but in a fun way with friends. it is so surreal to see jackson growing and changing into a littleman in front of me. miss "o" too. she has had big changes too....she is almost running around, getting girlier by the day with jewels and purses and mostly her "baby dolls". she is talking up a storm, mostly some funny jiberish, but also with a few "real" words mixed in like... baa-by (baby), bubba (jackson), neow for meow, ra ra- for woofing like a dog and as always mama and dada. sometimes she even sounds like she is trying to ask "what dat, what dis" as she points at things. amazing to see her little brain absorbing things like a big sponge. four more teeth too. stop growing miss O, your killing me! where is my baby going??? she ad her 12m well check at the dr the other day and got flying colors! right on track for growth in weight and height...strong and steady as the dr put it and above average on verbal skills and dexterity!!! you go girl....
on an adult note, last weekend nathan let me head out for the entire day with the ladies!! so lucky and SO very overdue. we of course went shopping and had a wonderful time. we did it all...the outlets and the towncenter and a great lunch in between. don't get us wrong, we did plan ahead a bit...scheduling a shared daddy-daycare at the smith house with all the men and kids so that the daddies had each other for support and the kids had play time fun. The ladies got to leave at 9 am and we did not return until after 5pm!!!! a full day of fun, laughs and relaxation. the best recharge i have gotten since miss o was born....thanks dads and ladies for a wonderful time...til next time.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

"R" is for....

"R" is for rollerskate!! every week jackson learns a different letter of the alphabet and this week was "R". and with that learning comes show and tell on thursdays that coordinates to the letter, so this week jackson chose his rollerskates.....but he did not want to bring them, he wanted to WEAR them to school. this got interesting because until now, he has not worn them for more than 5min and on carpet for that matter. i did not have the heart to say no, so what did i do??
I carried him to the car, out of the car and into school. lets just say, my back hurt a bit..not used to carrying a nearly 4 yr old on the hip. it was worth it though just to see the look on his face telling me how much fun he had showing them at school....he felt like a super cool man.
oh how big he is getting, and fast the time has gone!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

ohhh...poor chloe

poor chloe..shes had it rough with jackson chasing her, but now she gets tag-teamed by both kiddos. fortunately, they are good to her most of the time and just want to smother her with hugs....there is, however, the occational clump of hair pulled out by miss o, but chloe takes it like a champ.....just grins and bears it!! she is such a sweet dog.

double the love
a handful of hair about to be out
i want to hug her...no me, no me!!

puppy love