Kitty Cat

Field trip to the pumpkin patch=one happy Roo. She must've told me 10 times that she just loved hanging out with me. She may be our ball of energy, but she is also our most affectionate sweetie. And....she's still obsessed with animals. I can see her working on a farm and being so happy....


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Built-In Caretakers

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Ewwww

A virus can knock these girls down, but it can't take away their smiles!  That being said, I'm so glad it's gone!

Texas State Fair

It's been a stressful month here.  Yuck.  The most recent bummer was a stomach virus, which is all over the place apparently, that Ms. Landry got early last Tuesday morning (as in 1AM).  Throughout the week, it took down the entire family, minus Moi.  Luckily though, Hailey didn't have as bad a version as her sisters.  She went down for the count on Thursday evening.  I knew she felt horrible when she yelled for me, I came a runnin' and she said, "I just want you to cuddle with me."  WHOA.  She's become quite independent lately, so I knew she had officially caught it.  

Anyways, on Friday, her fever had already broke and she was up and moving, but she couldn't go to school.  Trey was off for his golf weekend and we girls had been cooped up ALL WEEK LONG.  What to do, what to do???  

Well, Mr. Trey had happened to win free State Fair of Texas tickets at a golf tournament and I had no desire to go on the weekends (especially because it was Texas vs. OU this weekend here....no thank you!), so we hit it up on Friday.  

We absolutely had a ball!!!  It will definitely be a family tradition from now on and Trey's going to love going next year!  We went slow and just tried to enjoy the day so as not to push the recovering kiddos.  I even had the famous Fletchers corndog.  I texted my friend, Alicia, about how great it was and how it was my first time to try it.  She replied by informing me that she has a picture of us eating one when we went to the fair like 10 years ago.  Seriously.....someone locate my brain.  Anyways, it was even BETTER the second time :).

We went to a kids farm, where the girls got to learn about how farms operate.  Started off with a little photo op. 

Then my farmers got dressed, found their baskets and picked some peaches.

Reese even learned how a cow's milked (too bad she's the lactose intolerant one in the fam!)

The girls planted seeds.

Picked some veggies.

Got on tractors and put some feed out for the piggies.

Ride that tractor, Hailes!

If you know anything about Reese, you know she la-la-la loves animals.  Petting zoo=major hit.

Hello camel.

And cute ba-ba-black sheep.

We saw a dog show where the dogs did all kinds of tricks.  Six thumbs up from the Smithettes.

And then we rode a few rides.  Only three.  Mama did not trust stomachs.  Ride #1 kid roller coaster.  Huge grins the entire time.

Ride #2 bumper cars.  There was one incident of a major head on collision with each other, which resulted in.....belly laughs.

And finally....a ride that went around super fast where they all squished Hailey.  It was voted Most Favorite by all of them.  

Perfect start to an all girl weekend!

Reese and Her Bike

Reese and I worked on getting her off those training wheels.  Truth be told, she rides totally fine without them.  However when she notices that I'm running beside her and not hanging on, she freaks out.  This chickie is super close to getting it!  And yes, that's a large purple flower hair clip on my head because that's how I "hold" items for children without losing them.

Painting Pumpkins

Trey was on his annual manly-man weekend for the past few days.  Let's be honest, the dude deserves a break from all the estrogen that runs through this place.  However, we girls did NOT just sit around and count the hours until his return (ok....maybe I did a few times), but we did some fun stuff!  We decided to paint our pumpkins that we picked at our friends' pumpkin patch.  This leads to the following question....how in the world did mom's make it before the internet??  A little google led us to some inspiration.  Hailey made herself an M&M pumpkin.  Reese totally went for the polka dotted rainbow look and Landry and I tackled a goofy face complete with hair!  We LOVED it!  And a few hours later, Daddy came home (and Mommy cheered!!!).

Fall Photo Shoot!!

One of my favorite friends just happens to be a phenomenal photographer. She invited us out to her parents farm last weekend. The kids went on hay rides, Reese obsessed over the bunnies and puppies, they picked pumpkins and played with some of their fave friends. We also spent a few minutes taking our family shots for the fall. I'm trying to do it annually because they are changing so much. Here are the first three she sent me tonight. I just love them and can't wait to see the rest!

Did I mention it was about 55 degrees and spitting rain? I think it actually made the day more fun since it was such a big change in the weather!


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Cold Front

Is not gonna stop these girls at their sister's soccer game! One sleeping bag and it became a fun time!


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O Happy Girls

Fridays are one of my favorite days. I still have Reese and Landry at home with me! I like to surprise them or do a fun activity together.

Daily (sometimes hourly), Reese likes to look at Halloween costumes on the computer. Yesterday's surprise....we went to pick out a costume and had lunch with Daddy. They went NUTS!

When Reese originally chose hers, I wasn't so sure about it. Then, Trey surprised us and walked in and saw it and told her how awesome he thought it was.

Note to self: they are just costumes and as long as they don't have the word "sexy" in them, chill out. By the way, do you know how many "sexy" cowgirl, nurse, kitten, etc costumes there are out there? Eww.

Introducing....two out of the three Smith girls, appearing as Izzy from Jake and the Neverland Pirates and a very happy Pink Power Ranger!


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Good Morning

First question of the day came from Reese. "Hey Mom, do you think dogs like to kill lambs?"

It's never good when my first response to the first question is, "uhhhhhhh...."


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Buddies

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