Simply the Smith's

The weekends go by way to fast and I long for a longer weekend more time to be lazy in the morning and spend time with my boys. But it's Monday and I'm back to work trying not to fall asleep at my desk #thestruggleisreal Anyway here is our weekend Friday- Michael and I had the day off. We got up took Grayson to school and then went to the Home Depot and got a new shower head. Ever since Grayson was about 1 and started to act like washing his hair was a form of torture I wanted one of those removable shower heads so I didn't have to dump water on him. Well we finally got one and now I just need my Dad to come over and put it on. Then we got down to business at home. We cleared out our spare bedroom which over the last 6 months has become a catch all of crap. We purged so much and now we are ready for someone to come in and give us an estimate to have it re drywalled and new windows put in. Grayson is ready for a big boy room and we are ready to give it to him it...

Let me start off with I'm not an expert. This is just my experience with the whole situation that is trying to "train" a toddler. Every child is different. Okay so Grayson has shown interest in the potty for a while but he was never really into it. I didn't want to push and send him into the dreaded holding it and causing more damage so for months we went with the flow. If he wanted to try we did if not no big deal. We bought undies and he wore them on occasion and we talked about Big!Boy!Underwear!So!Cool! In April we started on our days home with him really trying to have the little potty out so that he knew he could use it. We also had a seat for our toilet so he had is choice. Come August I was ready. He was ready and I knew he would be moving up to the next classroom at school where they really encourage the kids to be potty trained (it's not a requirement but it is suggested) so we buckled down. That first weekend just about killed me. That kid wo...

I'm not really happy it's Monday because that means I'm back at work while my boys are home still snuggles under blankets on the couch. However I'm trying to be positive. Here are some bullet points of our life lately and the goings on. Grayson is potty trained even at night and during nap! High five to no more diapers!! He had his 2.5 year check up (insert crying face here why does he have to get big?) He is a doing wonderful but of course didn't say 2 words to the doctor until she was about to leave and then he names off all colors of the rainbow and counted to 10. That kids drives me crazy because he talks non stop but if he gets shy he will not speak at all. He had to get a flu shot and did not even wince or cry at all. So that earned him ice cream after dinner. Love this little underwear wearing boy! We picked apples again this weekend and it was perfect because it was 60 and sunny and that is the perfect time to pick apples. We also en...

Before we get to the fun stuff I just want to say that this day is such a huge day for our country. I didn't participate in Andrea's post about 9/11 but I was in my 9th grade earth science class when another teacher came running in with a TV cart and turning it on. We sat and watched the second tower get hit and I remember feeling like it was a movie. It didn't seem real. The rest of the day we were either in a classroom with cable or the gym. A teacher at our school had a daughter that worked in the Towers and she was a mess it took her 2 hours to get a hold of her and she was thankfully home. Her boss had cancelled her morning meeting so she wasn't going into work until later. A perfect example of God at work.  I left school to go to my physical therapy appointment and sat on the mat and watched it play over and over again. I remember praying so hard that it was a dream. It for sure changed my world (as it did every one's) that day. I mean I watched on TV a...

As Grayson gets older he gets more into the season's and the holiday's and fall is my hands down favorite time of year.  I love the colors, the smells, the flavors, the fact that all my favorite candles are fallish! I just live it. Plus a hot cup of coffee while wearing a vest and picking apples/pumpkins is just my perfect fall morning! So here is the Smith 2015 Fall Bucket List and we are beyond excited! We picked apples once already but we plan on going a few more times when it's not 90 out! I'm searching pinterest for a fun and easy daycare treat for his fall party And I already have some grand plans for Michaels' birthday party! Happy Tuesday and Happy Fall!

It feels odd to count in months once they turn 2 but he is officially 29 months and therefore teetering on the edge of being closer to 3 than 2 and my momma heart is all what? Didn't I just have him? HOW did this happen? Anyway here it is the update on this little man that I love so much. Grayson Michael, Oh Bubba. I love you. At this point your my sidekick. We do everything together and I just love it. You are fiercely independent though and that makes it challenging sometimes. Like when I'm vacuuming and you just have to do "do it i self!" You try so hard and I'm glad that you are not afraid to ask for help. You love to clean and pick things up! You sing the clean up song all the time however you always say "mommy you hewp me keen up little bit?" I always help you because I can't resist your sweetness. You have a sassy side and you tell us no more now than I would like.We have lots of redirection to do on this. Your eating is still the sa...

It was about 2 weeks ago when we decided that we would go away for our anniversary. We had talked about not traveling and staying home to do some things around the house while my Mom still took Grayson. Then the Sunday before our anniversary we decided a road trip was in order and we started looking up places to go and not spend a ton of money. We live about 45 mins from the Canadian border* and landed on a nice city trip for the weekend. One where we could park our car when we got there and just walk every where so Toronto it was. * okay this is a long side story but here it goes up until about 2 years ago you could cross the border with nothing more than a license. Well they changed that and you have to have a passport or an enhanced license. The Wednesday before we were set to leave I pulled out our passports and just for fun opened mine and notices it said Katlin Gray (my maiden name) I had never changed my passport. I called the border the next day and they said it was at the...

I didn't plan on taking a blogging break it just kind of happened. We got super busy and time got away from me. Work went crazy too. We had a person from our office leave and rather than replace that position those duties were taken over by me. Finding my new grove has had it's learning curve. But I think I'm back on it. Here are a few highlights from lately... This child is 90% potty trained. I mean even when we put him in a diaper he holds it until we get to the potty. I still put him in a diaper for nap and bed time. He wakes up dry from nap but not bed time and that's ok. We went to the zoo yesterday and I put him in a diaper because I didn't want to be all " do you have to pee?" every 5 seconds. He went dry the whole time and told us when he had to go! So proud of him. Now let's see how he does at daycare. We celebrated 6 years of marriage with a weekend getaway (post on that tomorrow) and it was wonderful and just what we needed. Love...