Good Old Fashion Smithson Fun

Sometimes the funnest things are the simple things.  Here are some of the simple and fun things we have been doing lately.

Preston finds joy in playing with mom.  Mom loves these moments as well.

 Melanie got to dress up as a Movie Character for Spirit Day!  She says she put her foot up like that because she wanted to look like she was skipping.  I told her she must have been wearing those socks so that she looked like she was "Over the Rainbow".  Yes, I'm silly... I know.

 Simple art projects make things for enjoyable.  Today, it was bunny masks.

 My Mr. Easter Bunny

 My Missy Easter Bunny

 After everything was done, Noelle decided that she needed to add teeth.  This is a picture of her with bunny teeth.  I love that she tried to position her face in the hole just right.

 Story time is a Thursday tradition for us.  Today we were in luck.  Story time was put on by the Mesa Fire Department.  Fireman Tom read us books and modeled his fireman suit for us.  Then the kids each got to try a smaller version on.  They got to take the hats home.  My kids were eating it all up.

 We live for books... and even better is BOOK CLUB!  Yesterday's book club was a water adventure.  The book was about the ocean, so I decided to try a "Water Blob" out.  It was super simple to make.  

 ... and it was fun to jump on!  Unfortunately, with 11 kids, it got a little beat up.  Fortunately, duct tape made a good patch fix.  By the end of book club, I had 5 patches and 11 wet and dirty kids (at various stages of wet and dirty.  Noelle won the award for wettest child present.)

 We also made these fun jelly fish.

 Here is a smile of a happy girl.

Noelle must have had a really really good time at book club, because she woke up in the middle of the night with nightmares.  I came and helped her.  She was crying and just upset, when suddenly, she stopped crying complete and exclaimed "Mom, Book club was AMAZING".  That made my heart happy.

I'm so grateful for these fun times and memories with my kids.  They are the best.