Summing Up The Smiths: Field Trips

Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons tend to get a bit borning for Suzy and I. They are pretty boring for Jill, Ford, and John Brantley (better known as Chevy around my house) too. Jill and I talk about doing fun stuff with the kiddos all the time. I am constantly trying to think of interesting things to do with Suzy. I know she is pretty young and there isn't a lot of places we can go that she will enjoy. Being friends with girls that have older children is great. We can just "tag along" on their adventures. Adventure days fill up our afternoons which turns a boring day into a fun day. Jill and I decided that it was time for an outing. We planned to meet at Dad's Hot Rod Shop one afternoon. It was the perfect Field Trip. It was free and we could actually touch the items being presented to Ford. Ford is in love with anything that has a motor or wheels, I think. Perfect obession for the Hot Rod Shop. Suzy goes to the HRS all the time so it really was not out of our norm. The fun part was seeing Ford pretend. Ford even took Suzy along for some of his adventures in his imaginary world. It was such a fun little outing. Suzy and Ford got to play, Jill and I got to catch up on the day's events, and Chevy got to get some fresh air. I would say it was a successful day.

They are going to Mars, according to Ford.

Climbing on everything yet again.

Driving Uncle Casey's dragster to Mars.

Sweet Sue even has Uncle wrapped!

Ford even took Chevy along for the ride. Mom played along quite nicely too.

Kalon and I got bored another afternoon this past week and decided to have an "8 Month Old" photoshoot of Suzy. We went to Como Trace and Jill's land across the street from our neighborhood. The pictures turned out pretty good considering I am no photographer. Kalon is one of Suzy's favorite people. Suzy even loves Kalon after she let her face plant into the mulch of the flower beds at Como Trace. Kalon and I got a huge laugh out of that whole fiasco after knowing that Suzy was okay. Suzy being the tough girl she is didn't make a fuss over her little trip face first into the dirt. Besides that one accident we were pretty successful.

She is really into scrunching up her nose these days!

We also took a trip to the Mom's pool. Daddy was ready for some good quality"fun time" with Suzy since he doesn't get to see her very often. Sweet Sue LOVES swimming and bath tub time. Anytime there is water involved she is one happy girl.