Bat vs. Reid

Poor Reid was accidentally hit in the nose with a metal bat by his ever so devastated big brother. It was awful! We were really afraid that his little nose was broken. We took him to the Dr. and had him X-Ray it. He didn't see any breaks..thank the Lord. It was pretty traumatic for all of us. Noah was so sad about it. The ladies at the Dr's office said they felt worse for me and Noah than they did for Reid. We both just set in the waiting room and cried while Rod took Reid back to see the Dr. Reid was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Yes, Rod and I were outside watching it all go down. If you look real closely across the top of Reid's nose, you can see the horrible bruise. We really expeted the bruise to be worse than it is. We also expected a couple of black eyes.

Cute Reid

I couldn't help but to post this picture of Reid eating a Donut. It's just too cute.

My 3 Snowmen

Our weather men are so full of it! They predicted that we would get at least 3 inches of snow on our side of town. Of course we only got a trace of it in our yard. The boys were itching to get out and play in it. They spent a short time out there licking the snow and making snowballs. We were a little disappointed that we didn't have enough snow to make a snowman. Now..on to green grass and sunshine. Come on Spring!

Skateboarders

Give me a break...literally!! Why do my boys think that they can skateboard? They're 4 and not quite 2. They are such daredevils. I might as well have a mobile ER in front of my house.

Scary Reid

Reid has been getting the biggest kick out of wearing Noah's Star War's helmet around the house and trying to scare us. It is so cute to watch him. The helmet is as big as he is!

Happy Valentine's Day

The boys both wore red shirts to school the Wed. before Valentine's Day. It's hard to see in the picture, but Reid had a Snoopy shirt that says "Call me" at the bottom. He was the adorable pimp daddy of the class! ;) Noah's shirt was just a "cool" red shirt..his was one of the fun shirts from Old Navy that said "give me snacks and nobody gets hurt". When he put it on over a gray thermal for school that day..I said "oh Noah, Mrs. Paque will love your shirt. She will think it's so funny". He got upset when I said that and he said, "I don't want her to think it's cool. I'm just going to wear my jacket all day long." Sooo..I take him to school and I hear Mrs. Paque ask him if he wanted to take his jacket off. He said "no" of course. I didn't really think anything of it. When I went to pick him up, I noticed him playing on the playground with just his gray thermal on. Where was the red shirt that was soooo "cool"?? He had snuck over to the corner when Mrs. Paque wasn't looking and took it off and then put it in his bag, so that she couldn't see it and think it was a "cool" shirt. What a turkey!! To this day..that shirt has remained on the hanger in the closet. I guess I need to give it away..I know he will never wear it again. ;)

Mom's 51st

We celebrated my mom's 51st birthday at our house this year. We all had a great time together. Here's a darling picture of Nana and her 4 sweet grandsons..and there's one more grandson on the way. She always said she wanted enough boys to form a basketball team....her wish will come true! We all love her very much. She is a great nana to little boys. They all adore her.

Fireworks in January

Rod found some fireworks left over from last July in the garage as he was cleaning it out. Against my better judgement, he let Noah and Mattie (our friend down the street) pull them out one evening to do them. I was a nervous wreck. The wind was blowing like crazy and as usual there was a burn ban. I just knew we were going to catch some dry grass on fire or something. The kids thought it was great though..of course they had a blast. We managed to not set any fires!

Tillery Christmas

Yes, another family Christmas! We didn't have Christmas with the Tillery side of the family until January 2nd. I wouldn't feel right about not posting a few pics of my precious grandparents and the boys. We had a great time and the boys had a great time playing with cousins that they don't get to see very often. The weather was beautiful that day, so they got to spend a lot of time outside playing. I'm posting a picture of my great-uncle who always plays Santa Claus. He loves to do it and the kids get a big kick out of having the special guest in the house.

Back to Blogging ;)

Many of you have been on my case for not doing my blogging. I've been reminded on several occasions that my last post was in December! I know I'm way.....behind. I have a little time to myself tonight, so I thought I might try to catch up on the blogging. The posts may be a little out of order, but you will at least be able to get caught up on the latest Smith Family Drama. Well..nevermind the "drama"..things have actually been pretty boring around here! You can at least get caught up on how quickly the boys are growing and changing.