Christmas time at Preschool!

Christmas time at preschool was so much fun!  I love that we get to focus on the true meaning of CHRISTmas and get to have a lot of fun too!

Ms. Lori was brave and let them make a Christmas tree out of a waffle cone.  They loved it…both making it and having it as a special treat!

We made special gifts for each preschool parent!  I LOVE how they turned out and will treasure it always!  Michele helped us make them.

 

I have never directed a “play” before this year’s Christmas program, but I thought the kids did so good!  They had to learn a lot of songs and some of them had to learn a lot of lines.  Two, three, and four year olds.  However, Hayden {a wise man} wasn’t thrilled about being in the play.  Most days he would cry or pout during practice.  Needless to say, it’s just  not his thing. Thank goodness for Ms. Lori! 

Can you see that pouty lip?

Most of the time he looked like this…

But occasionally, he looked like this…

I am sad I didn’t get more pictures, but I was the director/narrator therefore I missed out on taking pictures. 

On the last day of preschool before Christmas, we had our Christmas celebration.  We did a rotation party with our four classes.  Crafts, Story with Santa, Games, and then we had a birthday party for Jesus!  It was a lot of fun.

 

Where is Hayden?  Are you surprised?

Pin the nose of Rudolf, pin the buttons on Frosty, and a little bowling!

 

And what is a birthday party for Jesus without all this yummy food?

Up next…our “friends” party at our house.

Up and Running Again!

Whew!  It’s been a long time!

Before Christmas I switched from a PC to a Macbook and blogging quickly became much more time consuming.  Therefore, I just didn’t do it. :-) But, I have found an alternative method and hope to catch up soon!  If you are reading this any time soon, thanks for sticking with me!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas

From the Smith's!

We hope you have a blessed Christmas with your family and friends.  

I hope to catch up on the blog soon.  I have A LOT of posts to write!  

*Hayden's Christmas Program and Party at School

*Party with our Friends

*Hayden and Momma cooking

*Deer Hunting

*Discovering Daddy's GI JOE's

*Cleaning House...Husband VS. Wife

Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving week off from school consisted of passing around the the FLU!  Yuck!  Sunday before Thanksgiving, I felt terrible!  Thankfully after lunch, Hayden laid down with me for a nap and slept until Jeff got home from work.  I didn’t get out of bed until the next morning when I went to the doctor.  Sure enough, after the horrible flu test, it came back positive immediately.  The doctor said I was highly contagious.  We went and picked up prescriptions, lots of vitamin c, Lysol,  germ-x and Jeff got a flu shot!  We tried to prevent everyone else getting it! 

Thursday {Thanksgiving Day} we were all feeling pretty good.  That day for lunch we went to the Smith’s.  Then after we had a yummy lunch there, we headed over to Aunt Barbara and Gary’s for a visit with everyone.

Trevor, Cannon, Robin, Hayden, and Blaze.

Boys and their sticks.  Cracks me up!

The cousins always have a super fun time together. I love it when they get to hang out together. I have the best memories of growing up with my cousins!

We are missing a couple of the younger cousins in these picture.  Blade and Aiden were inside playing. 

Thursday night Jeff starting feeling yucky and had the flu through Sunday/Monday.  I did get to go do some Black Friday shopping all night that night.  I got home about 9:30 AM Friday morning.  Fun, Fun! 

Sunday, Hayden started running a fever and by Monday morning he was one sick little boy.  So, Monday we took him to the doctor and sure enough he tested positive for the flu.  He hasn’t ever been this sick before.  He has still felt kind of yucky today (Wednesday), but is certainly much better and has pretty much been fever free today.  

I haven’t had a flu shot in many many years and haven’t gotten Hayden one since he was a baby. But, I can guarantee that our entire family will all have them next year!

We have kind of taken things easy the last week and a half.  Taking lots of naps and resting/watching a lot of shows.   Sunday night we decided to have a family movie night and watch Shrek.  Look who made herself all comfy!

We are all anxious to be back to feeling normal soon!   Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

Meet Sadie!

We have a new family member.  Last week, Sadie, a chocolate lab, joined the Smith household.  Remember this post?  Well, the little brown puppy is now ours. 

Bringing a new puppy into the house has been an adjustment for us all.  This includes Skooter and Chloe.  Needless to say, they are not fans of Sadie.  Yet anyway.  Hopefully they will come around.  But, for now they spend most of their time hiding in the bedroom.  If Sadie gets close to Chloe, this is her reaction…

But, there is one certain little boy that thinks she is pretty special.

She is pretty sweet (when she is sleeping).  Ha!  No, she is just a puppy and is still learning not to jump, bite/chew on everything including Hayden’s legs, arms, feet, etc.  Poor thing!  She is already spoiled.  She much prefers to be inside than outside.  But, she is supposed to be an outside dog.   We shall see…

Hayden’s Thanksgiving Feast

On Thursday, we had our Thanksgiving Feast at Preschool.  Of course I was balancing coordinating it all and still being a Mommy.  But, it was a lot of fun!

All the parents provided different things for our feast.  I had a couple of Moms make a couple of these cute little guys.  They were the hit of the party! 

I found this super cute and FREE printable to make our cupcake toppers, banner, drink labels, etc. 

We had over 100 people! 

Nana was able to come too.  She brought yummy sweet potatoes.  She and Jeff helped me so much before and after the feast.  I AM SO THANKFUL!!!!

Here are some of our table decorations.  The four year old class made “thankful trees” that were precious but took A LOT of time!  I didn’t get a picture of them.  You can kind of see it above my head in the picture above. 

The kids performed 3 short songs and two of our four year olds said the Lord’s Prayer.  It was precious! 

Can you see where our child stood?  In the back.  Covering his ears some of the time.  We had a few have a melt down when they saw their parents.  But, over all it was just so stinkin’ cute! 

Thanksgiving Feast Performance

The hunting lifestyle.

If you have read our blog for any amount of time, you probably know we live the hunting lifestyle.  This time of year especially.  Our weekends and almost every day during the week typically involves hunting.  

The first weekend in November we headed to our West Texas deer lease.  The first weekend of rifle season is always fun because get to go two Hunter Appreciation Dinners.  They do lots of raffles and there is always a chance of winning some great things.  We, however, didn’t win anything. 

At the deer lease, there is always work to be done…  Fun work of course! 

First morning of rifle season…

I put down the bow and picked up the rifle.  Not a lot luck all weekend.  I did sit in one of Daddy’s stands and saw a really nice 8 pt that I am regretting not taking right now.  :-)

We have been hunting around the house and at my brother’s land and have typically seen more at home than at either of our deer leases.  Dad got this really awesome 8 point.   Scored 126 and weighed 190.  Very nice! 

Hayden likes to go hunting too.

Dad has been keeping Hayden a lot so I/we can go hunting in the afternoons.   Last night they went to Aunt Barbara’s and Uncle Gary’s house while Jeff and I both went hunting.  I think Hayden had a ton of fun! 

The hunting lifestyle continues…

Jeff nor I have tagged a deer this year.  Not from lack of effort.  That is for sure! 

But, we love it!