Little Teapot

I'm finally posting a picture from Ryan's singing program a couple of weeks ago. We got ONE halfway decent picture. The place was so crowded we had to sit OUTSIDE the multi-purpose room and look through the windows. I was not happy. Matt got in the doorway when Ryan was singing and got this shot.


They sang I'm a Little Teapot and a couple of other songs.

Ryan With Santa at Bass Pro Shop

Letter for Santa

Ryan wrote his letter to Santa last night. I know, already.

I wrote out what he wanted to say then he copied it. His writing is big so it took up two sheets of paper and he insisted that they had to be glued together.



It says, "Dear Santa, I want Hungry Hungry Hippos and Sorry Sliders for 'Chstmas.' Thank you very much. Love, Ryan Smith. (Those are board games in case you didn't know.)

He put a stamp on it and Matt took him out to the mailbox today. We wanted to save the letter, so Matt had him place it in our mailbox instead of putting it in the actual mail slot. He didn't know the difference.


Matt took him to Bass Pro Shop today. They have a kind of winter wonderland thing going on. Kids get to make a reindeer ornament. Santa is supposed to be there so hopefully I will have a Santa picture to post later today.

Ryan With His Granny

November 7, 2009

Pumpkin Patch

If I'm being honest, I'm really not the "active" mom that is taking her kids places all the time. That is more Matt's department. But I got brave and took Ryan to the pumpkin patch yesterday! It is in Yucaipa, which is about a 45 minute drive from here. It was a little hot, but Ryan had a BLAST. They have so much stuff there for the kids to do. Rides, bouncers, slides, petting zoo, etc. And I must admit, photo opportunities are at every turn. Where else can you get a photo of your child sitting on a hay bale next to a corn field (unless you live in Kansas or something)? I got a couple of shots I just LOVE.

First, a couple of shots of Ryan enjoying the rides:




Lots of pumpkins to choose from! You could also go out into the pumpkin patch and literally pick your own pumpkin. We just chose one from the many tables they had set up:



They had a couple of people in costumes roaming around. I was quite surprised that Ryan wanted his picture taken with one of them!


He was too scared of the other one, who was dressed up like a grim reaper.


He fed some of the animals in the petting zoo, mostly goats:



Here is the picture of him on the hay bale next to the corn field. Love it.


They had a corn maze that we went into but couldn't find our way through. We had to come back out the way we went in because we couldn't find the exit!

And finally, my favorite shot of the day. Ryan wanted to go on the pony ride and I got this picture that captured his joy! This was the biggest smile of the day.

First Day of Kindergarten

Ryan's first day of kindergarten was last Wednesday, July 8. He was excited and ready to go. Matt and I took him. I think I embarrassed both of them with my picture taking!

This 1st picture is in our back yard before we left:

This is outside his classroom:

We had to wait a while and he got a little impatient:

He sat right down and said goodbye without a problem:

Overall, I was quite surprised how EASY it was. He didn't cry or anything when we left. He was ready to go!

Grad Night

Here are some pictures from Ryan's preschool promotion program.

Before the program:

Ryan and his friend Christian.

Waiting to go out for the promotion:




Receiving his "diploma":



Overall a good night but don't get me started on how rude people are. You should have seen they way some of the parents acted, standing on the chairs, etc., blocking everyone's view. Anyway, it was fun seeing Ryan perform his little song/dance (all those pictures came out blurry though).

2009 Graduate

I'm finally back posting to my blog. Hi mom! Here is Ryan's preschool graduation photo:



I just absolutely love it!

And, since I'm learning how to add special effects to my photos, here's another version I made:




More to come . . .

Random Photos

Here are some pictures I took of Ryan with the new lens mom got me for my birthday. Thanks mom!


(That's a piece of Fruit Roll-Up on his thumb.)

More Tball

A couple more shots of Ryan playing baseball. I tried out some different settings on the camera with these. Well, actually, I was accidentally shooting with a high ISO but I like how the last 3 came out. Again, I love the shots of Ryan and Matt together. I didn't get those shots with Jeffery and I sure love them!

Little Slugger

Ryan had his very first baseball (T-ball) game on Saturday. He looked so adorable in his outfit. T-ball is hilarious because the majority of the kids have no idea what is going on. Ryan hit the ball off the tee twice and ran the bases. Every kid makes it home each time they bat. He liked it but about half way through the game he was asking to go home. They only play two innings but they are long innings because every kid gets to bat each inning. Matt was the first base coach during the second innning. I love the pictures of Matt and Ryan together.

Sea World

Matt took Ryan to Sea World for his birthday. Since Matt's birthday is March 2nd and Ryan's is March 3rd, Matt always takes Ryan on a little trip, just the two of them.

Matt signed them up for an attraction where they got to see a dolphin up close:










Of course, they had to go and see the Shamu show: