Where, oh where is the Smith family?!!!

We are alive and BUSY BUSY this time of the year.  We have been playing baseball, field tripping, field daying, and enjoying every moment of good weather that we can.  I will let you enjoy the pictures of the last month (not in any particular order;))

Easter egg hunt at church!  We hunted ALOT of eggs this year...

Baseball ready :)

On the Mother's Day train ride...

He LOVED seeing Thomas and Friends

Yes, there was a real man in that suit and it was H-O-T there!!

As Kinson said, "We are in Sodor!!"  We spent a day in Springhill, AL (don't recommend the city) to go to A Day with Thomas.  We rode Thomas and they had multiple activities set up for the kids to do.  Great kids activity just not the best city, plus it was HOT!!

BeBe's recital.  Cohen was mesmerized by all the dancing.  She will get her shot at it next year!

Magnolia's Field Day- Cohen's class was the "Busy Bugs"

Cohen was supposed to be doing the motion to a cheer, however she thought it was more fun to wave at everybody!!

Sweet Court!

Ring Toss

They made up their own rules ;)

Pool time at school.  She definitely LOVES the water

Not really sure what to do with the pop ice

Her classmates do!!

Soccer season Recap

We finished up soccer last weekend and I think Bear is most upset :(  He loves watching Kinson play and this season we could see a big improvement in his concept and abilities with the game.  He definitely still needs work on his attitude........

This was after his first goal and he was telling his teammates how the other team did not take the ball from him!

This is his friend who he tends to scuffle with quite often during soccer (but are good friends off the field), shaking hands after one of their spats!

Getting ready to kick off......

He still has his moments (yes, he is the one sitting on the ground when he should be listening to the coach!!)

Definitely better with "blocking" as he calls it

He gets so excited when he kicks the ball

Still working on the idea that we don't take it away from our own team ;)

Concentrating hard

Sweet, rambunctious little boys!  He loves his Rockets!!

30 months........

Can you believe she is 2 1/2?!?  Some days it feels like an eternity ago that we were bringing her home from the hospital only to return 2 weeks later and stay for what seemed like an eternity withj RSV!  And to think at that time, I thought it was the absolute worst thing that could ever happen to me as a parent-- having both my kids in the hospital...pitiful.  Little did I know what the next few years had in store for us.  This little girl has brought so much joy into our lives and has made us cherish the small milestones that tend to get over looked in the second child.  We have learned not to take her or her capabilities for granted.  Because of that, we are beyond thrilled at the progress she has made recently.
Stats according to the Endo visit:  32.5" tall (since October she has grown 1"), 25 lbs (the girl can eat anything in front of her!!), still in size 3 diapers, and she went clothes shopping this weekend and bought 18month shorts :).  Her height still isn't on the growth chart but her weight was 3-5%.  This is a first for her ;)

Recent vocabulary:  yewow(yellow), pupa (purple), ruh (truck), eeee(ear)--imagine a very funny face exagerating a long E sound!, baball (baseball), and tuh(Chuck) he is the maintenance man at her school and the only name that she will say there!!
She is starting to put 2 words combinations together.  Yellow hat, papa's truck, etc.  But she floored me Saturday when she came in my bedroom with her pant leg soaking wet.  I asked her how it got wet and she looked at me and said "Pan, dog, eeee, wawa."  this translates into pants, dog, eat, water and meant she got her pants wet stepping in the dog's water bowl!!  And sure enough, she had spilled Addy's water bowl all over the kitchen floor and we sure couldn't be mad at her after that!

Speaking of her discipline, I met with her teachers this week who expressed a little concern about Cohen starting to test the boundaries with different people.  I told them that we were definitely lacking in the discipline department mainly because we felt guilty that she has been through so much and we tend to just let her be.  So we are starting to have to add a few timeouts here and there to give her some boundaries!

We love our little Coco soo much and even Kinson is starting to like her a tiny bit :)

Fun weekend

Today we took the kids to Kidfest in Ridgeland to ride a few rides and see Dora.  We were very surprised that Cohen was so excited to see Dora because she is usually so shy around new people (this has began to change recently).  Not only was she wanting to see them but she actually waved and attempted to say "Hey!".  BIG DEAL!!

Kinson loves a good pony ride!

This is how Cohen sat during the carousel ride!  HA!  She wasn't the daredevil that she appears to be!

She loves the baby billy goat!

Making crowns

She LOVES Yellow!

Showing off his Batman tatoo.  This caused a huge uproar at bathtime :)

On her big green tractor!

Overall it was great fun for the kids, but Kinson did have a few moments that required a few "coming to Jesus" chats and Bear is slowly realizing that Cohen still is not quite ready for Disney!!

Children's Museum

Last week, Magnolia took a field trip to the new Children's Museum.  We were so fortunate that we got the whole facility to ourselves for 2 hours!!  Even with us being the only ones there (which is 77 kids and 77 adults!) it was still chaotic.  But the kids had a blast and it really is a great facility.

Washing her saw...

Building her house

Court sawing the bricks!

She loved this house!

Petting the cow.  She didn't really understand the milking part!

Yes, her shirt is tied up in the back, the smallest size they have is 2T and it swallows her!  Good thing the 80's are making a come back!

Cohen, Court, and Selasie driving the tractor

Cohen and Court building their train

Isn't he the cutest thing?!  I think Cohen has a little crush on him ;)

This is Cohen's class "cooking" in the kitchen.  Can't find Cohen?  She is climbing in through the window!!

Cohen and Selasie are worn out!!

She wouldn't sit by her name :(

But Court would!

Tomorrow, if the weather permits, we will be venturing out to the zoo with Magnolia!  We are excited!!

Take me out to the ballgame!!

Spring time is here and we are in full swing with soccer and tball.  This is Kinson's first season to play tball.  It started out a little rough--Kinson is not a fan of batting helmets (plus he has a HUGE head!!), he is not a fan of authority (i.e. coaches!), and he is not a fan of standing in one spot for longer than 30seconds!!And we still thought that this might be a good idea.  The first game was DISASTER!!  I forgot my memory card in my camera plus my other child was running around eating french fries that kids were dropping under the bleachers, so no pictures :(  It ended in Kinson back talking the coach and being put in the dugout-- needless to say Bear said he wasn't coming back to another game.  Well after having to call coaches and apologize and having his Wii taken away for the next few days, Kinson decided it was a better idea to at least try and listen.  So this is game #2........

Kinson does great hitting and running the bases-- Not to mention he has a pretty cute coach :)

I was never a softball player but I might agree with Kinson that playing in the field can get kind of boring.  Especially this age, the ball goes about 20ft from the plate.  He got to play pitcher for an inning, he did much better being part of the action! Ha!

Coach Tye trying to get Kinson to be ready for the ball and pay attention.

Running home.  Loving that he sticks his tongue out!!

These games are so cute to watch and it really brings tears to my eyes to watch them play.  They are so excited to hit the ball and run the bases.  This year the league allowed 3 year olds to play so Kinson is not actually the youngest or smallest.  It is amazing how early they are starting kids in sports now.  It seems if you wait until 5 or 6, then the kids are already behind.  So we will see how the next few weeks go!