Father's Day Weekend

We had a great time at Dworshak Lake on Papa's boat.  Paige reeled in lots of Coconuts (she was calling the Kokanee, Coconuts).  Silly girl!  Our day of fishing and sun bathing was cut a little short due to the wind, but it was a fun day of celebrating the daddy's!

Summer Fun!

It is slowly beginning to feel like summer, s l o w l y!!!  We are doing a pretty good job at marking fun things off our to do list.  Paige and I took a road trip to Coeur d Alene to get the car worked on.  It was a beautiful day so we stopped by the lake and played in the water and layed on the beach.  That was a great start to our summer!

Curtis, Paige and I took a long weekend and drove to Portland to visit family. Paige had so much fun with her cousins.  Keeley and I ventured out just the two of us and went to IKEA.  I loved that store and actually saw celebrities, the mom and one of the son's from Little People, Big World.  Exciting moment for me!

Paige is finishing up her first year of t-ball.  She has really enjoyed it.  It is so much fun to watch her play.  She can really hit that ball!  She is enjoying the Summer Reading Program at the library.  Next week, Paige will be going to Vacation Bible School with some friends.  She is going through friend/playdate withdrawal so it will be great to get her back with her friends again. 

We have taken several walks to the park and today we actually layed out in the sun. I took along the camera and Paige thought it was so funny to make silly faces. Frustrating for this mom who is a scrapbooker, but I will take what I can get!

Last Days of Kindergarten

This week has been rough for Paige.  She loves school so very much and it has come to an end for the Summer.  In preparation for the Summer, Paige and I made a list of all the fun things we are going to do this Summer.  She reads this list everyday and is excited to get going on all our little adventures.  So far, the weather is not cooperating.  It has been very rainy and windy which is very hard for busy little bodies.  As a mom, I have been trying to take more time to do the little things with Paige.  Sure I will snuggle and watch a "whole" movie with you.  Sure I will stop everytime you say mom watch me.  Sure I will go down the slide.  These little things add up to lots of attention which is what she is needing and craving right now.  We are looking forward to the warm weather and getting to go to the pool.  That is when Summer seems to officially

start!

First T-Ball Game

Paige had her first t-ball game last night.  We were cracking up the whole time!  To start the game, Paige was put in the pitcher's position.  This means that when the ball is hit, it comes right to her every time because these 5 and 6 yr olds can't hit it any farther than that.  She did a great job of retrieving the ball and getting it to1st base.  When asked, she said her favorite part of the whole game was getting a snack at the end.  I said, "oh really, well you can't play t-ball anymore if that is the only thing that you liked".  She quickly changed her mind and said that hitting the ball and running the bases was her favorite. Her games go through the end of June so this is a good way to start off the summer.  It is fun to have Paige try a new sport!  Hopefully her daddy can keep his cool and just let those little girls play ball.  I think they are hillarious and he thinks they should be doing this or doing that!

A Star Is Born!

Or so we, her parents, think so!  Here is our little star performing at her big dance recital!  Paige sure loves to dance.  I swear, this girl is not afraid of anything.  She just gets up on that stage and shakes her thing!  The dancers were to stay back stage throughout the recital so I stayed with Paige because I thought she might want me there or need me.  She told me I better get out to my seat so I didn't miss her dancing up on stage.  We are very proud of Paige.  She did a fantastic job!

Paige Thinks She Is Moving....

to the spare room across the hallway. I'm thinking it has to do with our busy weekend of packing boxes and moving things out of my grandparents house. Last night she insisted on sleeping in our spare room (Eva's Room) and then this morning she started packing "her" boxes and moving them across the hall.

It will be interesting to see how long this lasts. I am just going with it to see what she does!

" Just Tell Me What To Say"

I actually bought this book by Betsy Brown Braun to help explain difficult situations to Paige. This book really has helped me, as a mom, not say too much or even too little. In August of 2008 my Grandpa Tom passed away and in February of 2009 my Grandma Mary passed away. Paige is five years old and has lots of questions about her great-grandparents, where they have gone and why. I feel we have done a great job answering her questions and making her feel ok about them both going to Heaven. Since their passing, my mom and her siblings have kept the "Smith House" and we have had our regular family get togethers, but now as hard as it is, the decision has been made to sell the house. Paige and I have helped my mom with the up keep of the house and yard this past year, so we have spent many hours enjoying the house.

This weekend we are having our annual Smith Family get together to celebrate all the Spring birthdays. Last night I had to sit down with Paige and explain what would be happening. This weekend, we will be moving many of my grandparents belongings out of the house. It was hard to explain that the house is up for sale and a new family will soon be living in the house. Paige said, "well, maybe the new family will have kids and we can be friends with them and go play at their house". I didn't explain much more than that. One step at a time! I just wanted her to be aware of what would be happening this weekend. I am sure she will have more questions after this weekend, but I feel I am prepared to help her understand yet another difficult situation.