The Smoller Family

It’s been awhile!

Jan 10

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I hope everyone had a great Holiday! The kids had a great time getting together with family and friends. They were excited about Santa and all of the presents. Their new favorite movie is The Grinch. They love the cartoon and the one with Jim Carey. It makes them laugh!
They are getting very big and are developing very fast. I can not believe we have 3 two year olds! They now express their likes and dislikes very clearly. Livvy said “Mommy, I love you” and Ava told me I looked pretty. Rowan loves to pretend he is going bye bye (with the purse on his shoulder) and give kisses. How sweet. They are in love with a capital L with the Freshbeat Band. Ava has named herself Marina, Livvy is Kiki, and Rowan is Shout. They can not get enough of them! I can not tell you a single song on the radio right now but I can sing you every Freshbeat song. They all love to dance. Rowan loves to run around and shake his booty!
Here are pics from around the Holidays!

Our 1st picture with Santa

Dec 10

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Here was our first attempt to meet Santa with the kids! As you can see it was a smashing success! Thank you Sawyer Savings!!!

Black Friday

Nov 25

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After Thanksgiving up with Jack, Carol & Co. Dooley, Erin, Amy, and I braved the Pre-Black Friday crowd at Woodbury Outlets.

I know, crazy right? AND – I missed Turka Lurka with The Shaders…

We left at 8pm and didn’t experience much traffic at all. The place was filled up for sure; we parked in the nose bleeds in the back.

Lots of stores had ridiculous lines. Two hour waits etc to get in. But it was like Levi, etc. Really weird selections. Gap, Banana Republic, most of the stores we wanted to go to, didn’t have much of a line at all. Good deals to be had by all. At midnight the crowd surged as all the other stores opened then. We’d estimate over 10,000 people there. The Coach store had probably 500 people waiting to get in. Biggest line of the night.

We did pretty good I’d say. Erin and Amy shopped lightly for once and I instead did the damage.

Brooks Brothers had about an hour or more wait in line to the registers. They’re internet was slow (as was EVERY single phone in the area – too much use) AND they had someone purchase “500 pieces”. We’re guessing to resell. I had no idea, but their dress shirts are normally $90, but $30 yesterday. Who knew.

We left at 315ish and had lots of traffic on the way out. Home by 430. Wait, we have kids…. CRAP!

Erin agreed to let me sleep in the AM if she could go to sleep before their naps. I slept till 1030 and come down to a WARZONE!

It seems Erin tried to catch a few winks on the couch and the kids went CRAZY.

Exhibit A: Liv and Rowan

Exhibit B: All 3 Monsters

That’s my office and all my paperwork that was organized for processing. Awesome.

Playground fun

Nov 6

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My Mom, Dad, and I took the kids to the local elementary school to play and the kids had a great time. While we were there an after school program came out to play and there were 20 screaming kids running around. It was good for our kiddos. Rowan made a friend with a little girl. After 15 minutes I told her she didn’t have to play with Rowan if she didn’t want to. I told her she could play with her friends if she wanted to. She said it was ok, she didn’t have any friends there to play with. So sad! She took him down the slides a few times and even got him to go down a big twisty one. I could hear her telling him that there was nothing to be afraid of it wasn’t really that scary. Cute! Enjoy the pics!!!

Our Little Ogres!

Oct 28

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Check out our new boots!

Oct 26

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Got our winter boots today at Montano’s! We love it there! Everyone is so patient with the kids and we know we are getting good shoes that fit every time! Enjoy the pics!

Hurd’s Farm Fun

Oct 26

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A couple of weeks ago we went to Hurd’s Farm for some fun with Marissa, Maddy, and Maria! The kids had a good time picking apples and then playing on the playground. We had fun carrying all the apples (and eating cider donuts)!!!!!