Santa 2009

Yep we've already been to see Santa. The kids are already excited about Christmas. That could be partly my fault because I love the Christmas season. When I told them we were going to see Santa Kalei asked me if she could take the toy catalog with her to "show" Santa the picture of what she wants for Christmas. It was so innocent and cute how could I say no to that? If you notice in the picture the Kalei has her Santa hat on and Hannah has her Rudolf antlers on and Jackson wouldn't take his coat of...because as you can see he wanted nothing to do with the guy in the red suit. Of course I had to pay for a picture.....$15 dollars later and ONE 4x6 we were headed home. I am surprised the kids even wanted to sit in his lap because Santa's breath STUNK of cigarette smoke! (if you click on the picture you can make it bigger)

Ok...I don't usually buy "character themed" clothing but the kids and I were shopping tonight and Jackson saw this hat and was yelling "ELMO...ELMO". I put it on him and it was just so cute I had to buy it. He needed a new hat anyway. :)


(The white stuff on the mouth is his milk)

TROUBLE

Yes that is the top of our dining room table and YES those are scissors.



And this is Jackson in trouble for climbing the dining room table.


Now you all know what I go through in a day. :)

The many faces of the crazy Smith kids.

Fall and Halloween

I thought I would sit down and leave a post....we'll see how long it lasts...as Jackson is currently entertained by a cup of seashells. When I hear them cracking and breaking on the floor I'll have to stop.

It's been a fun month for the Smith's. We've visited the pumpkin patch on a trip to Spokane and have been trick or treating. Last year we went to a pumpkin patch farm in Spokane...mostly because there isn't really anywhere fun like that to get pumpkins in Missoula. So this year we decided to go again. We made a weekend of it and went to Spokane on Friday night and came home Sunday. The original plan was to leave early afternoon on Friday.....well our plan was detoured by the 4.5 hour wait in line to get our kids vaccinated for the H1N1(swine flu) virus. Yeah, we didn't really have to stand in line but I've been so worried and freaked out about the stupid flu that we bit the bullet and did it. I was trying to keep the kids in a bubble...we didn't go anywhere, and if we did I would wipe everything down with a lysol wipe(which I still do) the kids are pros at rubbing hand sanitizer into their hands. I think I was going nuts. It's better now but we still do the wipes and the hand santizer....at least the kids are allowed out of the house now! ha ha

Anyway...during all that we enjoyed the time at the pumpkin patch and picking apples. The kids got to visit the local Build a Bear store and I had a much needed break from home!

Last night was Halloween and we took our Witch, Bunny and Pumpkin trick or treating. Apparently our neighborhood is "the" place to trick or treat here in Lolo. It gets crazy...like probably every kid in school stopped by our house. We run out of candy and have to turn the lights out! The kids had fun and every year they get better(and faster) about going from house to house! Jackson caught on pretty quick but was so much slower that he and Dan went home early. He still had a nice little bucket of candy!

I better get to posting some pictures...Jackson has moved on to something else and is eerily quiet right now. Enjoy the pics.

Family picture in the apple orchard.

Jackson and his loot. When you tell him to say cheese or smiley he makes this goofy face.

Witch, Bunny and Pumpkin

Jackson and his hair.

I caught him doing this one day while waiting for me to clean him up....weirdo!