Whats a day in the life of the "Superior Smith's"? Well let's find out!

7:25. Hayden comes into bed with us/Mommy. Wants to watch Caillou. Caillou ends at 7:30. Yikes. Whats a Mommy to do? Distract with Barney, which is on next. Not good enough but will do if Mommy gets up and gets him milk.

7:40. Mommy makes a BIG pot of coffee to get through the day. Mommy will refer to this pot of Coffee at least 3 more times in this day!

7:45. Mommy gets up and leaves Hayden be until he either calls for her or comes into the living room. Just like his Daddy, Hayden needs a little time to be before he can start the day. Mommy turns on her computer and the Today Show.

8:00. Yummm Coffee is ready. Mommy is alive due to the coffee. Hayden wants to know whats on next. Sesame Street. Its either a okay i'll watch or i don't like that show, and if that happens its time to play.

8:00-10:00. Shower, Get Dressed, Eat Breakfast, Relax, Drink Coffee. This is the Zen time. We do what moves us at that moment until...

10:30. Mommy goes in Panic mode with Hayden is going to Angie's. We need to get a move on!

10:55. In the car on the way to Angies. Okay, now we are too early. Stop and see Daddy at work!

11:15-5:00. Mommy goes to work. Hayden is at one of his many places he goes during the day. Either home with Daddy or Babysitter Emily My Friend Ben's Mom, Papa Smith, Angie, or the occasional Papa Moe. No wonder the kid wakes up every morning and asks "where do i go today and where do you go?"

5:00. After picking up Hayden and Brandon we are finally home. Mommy needs a minute. Okay Dragontales is on in a half hour. Keep him happy until then. Which isn't always easy as Hayden has a crabby time between 5:00 and 7:30 most days.

5:30. Okay we survived the witching hour(half hour!). Dragon Tales. Mommy checks her email and we wait for Daddy.

6:00ish. Daddy gets home. Hayden asks his daily questions. "Daddy you're home!" "I missed You!" "How was work, was it busy? Lots of Peoples?"

6:30. Hmmmm Daddy is STILL in the bathroom. We are hungry. Daddy hurry up. We want to eat. We decide what to eat for supper. Hayden what do you want? Pizza. Okay how about fill in favorite restaurant here instead. We do eat at home like 3 times a week! At least. Monday and Wednesday nights a booked out weekly!

7:30-8:30. Mommy and Daddy drive around to see if maybe Hayden will fall asleep. Oh good he does! Mommy and Daddy get to actually spend time together. Computer. Wii. Movie. Tv. Hmm. Board game? Such Decisions to make!

10:00. Mommy and Daddy are pooped! Its a long day with a three year old. Time to wach our nightly bedtime show, Gilmore Girls.

10:01. Mommy and Daddy are asleep!

Seriously like that schedule would actually happen to the time! But basically thats how our day goes. Its nice to get into a routine. When i was a kid, Jason too!, we thought it was evil how our friends parents made their kids go to bed so easy when our parents let us stay up later. Both of ours was around 9-10. But we so understand why parents put their kids to sleep so early. Its the only chance of spending ten minutes together.

In other Smith family news we have started a fun new project. Cleaning the basement. Yuck. I have SO much stuff! I have baby stuff up the ying yang. If you know anyone who may need a crib, pack and play, bouncy chair, toys, stroller or clothes please let me know. I have doubles of stuff and we are trying to condense down. I would love to help someone in need of stuff! But its fun because Hayden has been such a good boy lately we can bring him down stairs and he plays while we work. He loves to play pool! And he has found the stash of toys i randomly sneak down from his home to the basement, so he has a ton of toys to play with down there. We are also going to go buy those big foam puzzle piece shaped mats to put on the basement floor in one part of the basement and set up his play gym so he can slide and what.

Random Thoughts!

Its almost Spring Break time. Yeah! Warmth, i hope.
Hayden is a major goofball lately!

He is very affectionate with objects. Baby Jaguar. Dinosaur.

Jason's birthday is at the end of the month! A whole quarter of a century this year!

I think i am going to have to break down and let Jason buy a new car, for my sanity.

And a plasma tv.

And a laptop.

Jason needs a second job to pay for all his future purchases.

Lets all think and pray at once that Spring comes, fast.

New Hair Do?

This picture is from Nic*ole Marie's Website. Check her out. She is amazing and wonderful. She did Hayden's pictures July 2006. But i really really like this little boy's hair. I want Hayden's hair to look like this! Any thoughts??

Now for the fun! On Saturday Hayden and I went to the movies! I have never taken him to a movie other than the OmniMax. It was fun. On Saturday mornings our movie theater shows a children's movie at only $2.50 a head plus you get a free bag of popcorn. What a great idea. I didn't feel bad if Hayden was wiggling or being a tad loud, even though he wasn't. I highly recommend this to anyone! For only $2.50! I don't even know how much it is to go to a movie but i know its over $7.00 great deal! Hayden loved it too! We'll be going again. Also on Saturday it was beautiful outside so we got out the sand toys and played in the snow. We had fun! We also walked to the park since Hayden wants to go everyday. Its not as much fun as he thought. We also climbed a big snow mountain and Hayden slid down it like a little seal on his belly. Very Cute! We had lots of fun in the snow. I forget that it actually is fun to play outside in the winter!

Shoveling, Hayden's favorite winter past time. Oh just wait Hayden!

Hayden playing ball in the snow.

Hayden made this "zoo" at Angie's House. He was VERY proud of his masterpiece.

A week in the ordinary that's what i will call this blog post. Its funny how unordinary the ordinary can be. With a happy 3 year old, a fairly not busy mom and dad life can fall into place and a very short routine comes upon us. Anyone who knows us, knows that we are very busy people who don't have time for normal everyday schedules. So its very unusual the last two weeks, how nothing as come up, no places to go, no appointments. Everything just falls into place. We eat dinner on Monday at Mike and Rae Ann's. Dinner on Wednesday at East End Cafe. Of course we have done stuff but it all seems so ordinary. Jason had to go to Urgent Care for an eye infection, we watched Brandon for a few days while my mom was in Rochester, babysitter called in sick, but nothing threw us completely off. Has this just been a little Mid Winter slump or is it after 3 plus years we aren't startled by one of these ordinary events popping up in our lives. Its funny how much more smoothly life is when Hayden is happy and not in a "mood", and Jason isn't working really funky shifts.

Another week just flew past me and all week long I was COLD and in a funk. I wanted to go back to Texas. I think that it actually was a bad idea taking that short of a vacation because i wasn't ready to come home. Hayden kept telling me that he wanted to go back to Texas where it was warm. He loved the warmth as much as i did.
I have been planning Sarah's baby shower all week long and its today! I am more then ready which is great because I am not stressing over it. It should be fun! I have my cousin Christina's shower tomorrow too! Its Baby Shower Weekend. I haven't been to a shower in over a year. But i think thats all thats on the agenda for the weekend. Hopefully we'll get outside for some pictures. I hope everyone has a good weekend.

Here is a slideshow of pictures. There is about 80 of them so kick back and relax and watch our vacation to Houston.

Texas!

Well after many, many hours in the car we are home safe from Texas. We started off Tuesday night driving and night a MAJOR snowstorm, if not blizzard. It took us 5 hours to get from Des Moines to Kansas City. It should of taken 2 or 2.5. It was crazy and we saw many semis and cars in the ditch. It was very nerve wrecking and i wanted to vomit. After nobody slept that night we drove on to Houston arriving around 9 on Wednesday. Hayden was SUPER good the way down. He is such a good traveler. Just like the Buffalo.(Wink) Michael and Laura meet us at our hotel in The Woodlands 9 exits away from their apartment. We were meet with 50 degree weather but still ventured out to the hot tub that night.

Thursday we all woke up after sleeping like babies and went and saw Michael and Laura's apartment. Then we went to the Houston Port for a boat tour on the Sam Houston and lunch at Sonic, a Southern Staple. We went and played Mini Golf, go carting, and arcade games about a mile from Michael and Laura's place. I have just let everyone know that i kicked everyone's butt at golf! We then wanted Mexican food so we drove down the Interstate past 1000 Mexican restaurants before randomly picking one. Hayden fell asleep and slept through out dinner. We all had a great time with yummy warm salsa, big margaritas, and great food. Cheap too! I had the greatest Mushroom and spinach enchiladas. I need to find a recipe. Oh yeah the temp was right around 75 and perfect out!

Friday was spent at the beach in Galveston. It was the perfect day. Warm, sunny with a nice warm breeze. Hayden had the time of his life jumping in the ocean into the waves and throwing seashells and rocks. It was just awesome! We ate at Casey's Cafe and had yummy fresh seafood.
Saturday we went swimming and to the Children's Museum before heading home a little earlier then played. Some little 3 year old was cranky! It was fun and sad to say good bye to Michael and Laura.

Goodness it was cold on the way home. It was beyond cold. I froze the whole way home in the car with 2 pairs of socks, sweatshirts, and lots of blankets. Yuck! I want to go back already!

This weekend was spent cleaning and packing. But we managed to sneek in a few hours of fun!












Pulling Nonnie up the hill

Well since Hayden is old at the age of 3 he decided to watch a movie last night. At 3:30 am, in our room. He got his Curious George Movie put it in the DVD player and watched it, all of it and then needed the "gremote" to push play again at 5:45. Then fell back asleep and slept until 10:00. Hmmm who does this sound like?