Christmas 2008

Christmas was great. T-bones got up early and helped Steve make breakfast. Princess got up just a little bit later (she likes to sleep in even on Christmas). We had the Dodge Family over for breakfast and to open Christmas present. This was the second year they have been able to join us for Christmas morning. It will be sad next year when we will be in different places.

The Christmas tree before the kids got to it.

Piglet opening his first present, with lots of help from T-bones and Princess



Princess and one of her many presents, she loves crafts.
T-bone and his present, the I-pod Touch. We wrapped it up in a big box so that he could not guess what it was by the shape.

Princess making one of her cooking crafts
I then took T-bone and Princess out sleigh riding. Just a side note on the 26th I went to the doctors and found out that I have a very bad case of Pneumonia and should not have been out sleigh riding.

Steve and Piglet took a nap instead of sleigh riding.
We also went to Christmas dinner at the Wilcox home.

Piglet wants to be just like all the big kids.

Christmas Eve 2008

The kids have had a great Christmas Eve and are excited for tomorrow.

The kids having a snow ball fight with the Wilcox kids. T-Bone and Princess making cookies for Santa. (I love that they are old enough to cook by themselves)Piglet in his Christmas PJ's

All the kids in their Christmas PJ's ready to go to bed.

And to all a goodnight.

Aprons

I had to post these pictures of the aprons that Alyssa made for the Princess to give to her friends for Christmas. Thanks Alyssa she loves them and I am sure her friends will too.

The Tree is Up

The kids put up the Christmas tree on Sunday. T-Bones and Princess decorated it all by themselves. It was nice not to have to help this year. They did such a great job. Piglet loves looking at the tree. Especially when T-bones will lay under it with him.

Smith family update

We are still in Ann Arbor, Steve has only 5 more months of Dental school and then we are done. We still have not found out where the Navy is going to move us. We will post it when we find out. I am still working full time from home and taking care of the kids. T-bone’s is now in 6th grade. This is his first year in Jr. High (yes I had a very hard time letting him go). He is doing great in school and is still playing the cello. He also is wrestling and has been invited to go to Austria as a People to People Sports Ambassador for wrestling. The Princess is in 2nd grade, and loves school. She is doing great at reading and loves the Magic Tree House books. She loves playing soccer and takes great care of Piglet. Piglet is getting so big you would never know he was born at only 5 pounds he is now 16 pounds and in the 25% for his height and weight. He has a very strong personality and is in no rush to get moving (rolling or crawling). He does what he likes which at the present time is being held by anyone and everyone. He lets us know that every time we set him down. In fact, his body barely ever touches the ground, you could say the kid is slightly (extremely) spoiled by both his parents and siblings.

We hope you have a very happy and healthy holiday season. We love comments so please let us know that you visited.

Love,
The Smith family

He Rolled

Piglet finally rolled from his back to his belly. I know he is only 6 month 3 week and one day old. Who knew it would take so long. Those of you who have not been at my house may think that I am kidding but Piglet could roll from his belly for a long time now but would not roll from his back. When you tried to show him not only would he not roll he would push against it. Today at 11:10 am EST he did it. The sad thing is that Steve has been working hard all Thanksgiving weekend to get him to roll and Steve is now out of town for the week. Hope you read this honey. I would put a pictures but I can not get them off of my new camera. So I will put a video on when I find out how to do it.

Happy Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving. We spent Wednesday to Friday at the Great Wolf Lodge. It was so much fun. The Wilcox Family joined us for the holiday. The kids loved the lazy river, all the water slides, hot tub, the water fort, playing on the snake, trying to get across the lily pads, the arcade, bunk beds and just being in a hotel. It was nice to play all day in the water park and then eat a huge Thanksgiving dinner that you did not have to cook or clean up afterwards. Here are a ton of pictures. Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving also.


T-Bones and the boy's in the bunk bed's The Princess and "I" in the bunk beds

Steve, Kenna and Piglet

The kids and Brandon on the lazy river

Me and Piglet

Steve and Piglet on the lazy river

The Princess and one of the boys

The kids at story time

All of the kids

The Princess at the arcade

My Boys

The Wilcox Family

The Smith Family

Homemade Baby Food

Piglet does not like the store bought baby food. I need some help from all you mom's out there. Do you have any good (and easy) homemade baby food recipes? Or if you know of a good book or website with one you liked. Please leave me a comment with your ideas. Thanks!

Here is a cute picture of Piglet.

Piglet's 6 Month Pictures

Piglet got his 6 months pictures done last night. He did not like the lady who was taking them. He would cry every time he looked at her, so we did not get very good pictures.

The Princess Cooking

The Princess loves to cook. Today she made us Edible Granite (staying with the rock theme). Her teacher gave her the recipe. She did all of it by herself. PS look at the great apron Aunt Diane gave her for her birthday.

Here is the Edible Granite Recipe

1/2 Cup of hot lava (Melted butter)
3 cups of quartz (mini marshmallows)
6 cups of feldspar (rice krispies)
1/2 cup of biotite (chocolate chips)
1/2 cup of muscovite (golden raisins)

Melt lava over low heat. Remove from heat. Add 3 cups of quarts. Stir in the feldspar, and muscovite. Place a large spoonful of the mixture onto a piece of waxed paper. Sprinkle biotite on top. Fold the waxed paper around the mixture and mold the mixture into a piece of granite.

Happy Halloween

Hope you all had a very Happy Halloween. We had a great one! This was the Piglets first Halloween and he had no idea what was going on. Every time T-bone (AKA the Joker) would come by him he cried. The Princess was the Queen Devil, Piglet was a Lion.

Look how cute our kids are!

The Princess with some of her friends.

The Princess with some more of her friends.

Look at all that Candy!