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Update on the Smith Squad

When I was pregnant with the twins Michael dubbed us the Smith Squad and now Grayson refers to us as the quite often and I kind of love it.

So here is a little update on my Smith Squad

Grayson
Is thriving in Kinder. Exceeding my expectations.
He is friendly to all and does well with his assignments. He is writing more and more and starting to read. At his teacher conference she used the words kind to describe him and that just makes a parents heart fill right up. 

He is my budding artist. He will come home from school pull out a notebook and just draw until dinner. It's different everyday but he explains them in their entirety to us before bed each night. He even made Baby Jordyn a book for her birthday it was the sweetest thing ever.

He is still in love with Hockey and even though we decided to take a session off from his hockey clinic we are so glad we did because he has the opportunity to play with a program run by the Buffalo Sabres alumni and so he will do that in January. He is beyond excited!

We pray that he keeps his sweetness forever. Daily he warms my heart with his little comments like "you are such a great mommy for putting 6 peanut butter balls in my lunch for me today" I hope he keeps that always


Charlotte
Baby and book obsessed. She must have a baby or book with her at all times. She sleeps with books in her crib that she reads by the light of her glow worm.

She is the ruler of the roost and also the little mother to her brothers. If I remind them to be kind or no wrestling she is right behind me with a bunch of sass yelling "no wrestling buddies I mean it" with a wave of her finger.

She is my most strong willed child. We attempted potty training in October and she legit held it until I put a diaper on her. She did not care about snacks or treats or toys. She will also not eat something if she doesn't want to even if you promise her chocolate.

She is full of love and spunk. She will randomly walk up to you and grab your face and say "oh I just lobe you" and then plant is big kiss on you. Then she runs away singing some made up song. She will also take your cell phone and run away singing na na na na with her tongue out. Spunk all the way


Marshall

Sports obsessed. He will watch hockey games in their entirety. He plays hockey in the house all the time. He loves football and golf. He just loves it all. We have already decided that his present from us for his birthday will be learn to  skate. He can start when he is three and we will have him signed up for that ASAP after his birthday


He is a mama's boy. He clings to me more than the other two and when he is uncomfortable he wants me. We went out the other night and my mom watched them and he screamed for me to not leave. Break my heart buddy.

He is my sleeper still to this day. He will say I'm ready to go to bed. Also my good eater he will try anything once and usually likes most things.

He loves to sing and play guitar. He will just walk around singing songs all day along. The other day he was belting out jingle bells and it was the sweetest thing.


I'm a proud Mama of these kiddos. I mean they fight don't get me wrong but they love each other so so big. 

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