So more photos ! (from the top) Spencer amid Buddies, At the playground, Spencer and Aunt Kelly ( an all too short visit) Spencer and Justine in the MUD! ( a favorite playing spot of the lovely couple) Spencer and his crazy in the midst of finals momma, and finally spencer with his zillion buddies , his favorite ( at the moment) Donald Duck.

These are but a few photos I intend on posting. Spencer is doing great, very jazzed about the upcoming holiday. We have taken him to see the lights at the Zoo ( really spectacular, but very busy..we didn't get to ride the train...sigh) to see Santa, and the wonderful "Peacock Drive" a street about one mile from our house, think "Lampoon's Christmas vacation" style lights, but on a whole street. Very cool, a little overwhelming. Suffice it to say we have been busy and it's been fun. Spencer has learned the art of air quoting, a majority of the time using it appropriately. No one seems to be surprised when I share this bit information...they only ask " I wonder where he got that from." My sarcasm has come back to haunt me. But all in all he's his usual sweet self, in love with Donald Duck, loving to clean his room/ organize his buddies, ( wonder how long that little gem will last ) and getting along fine in school. During finals he went to OMSI ( Oregon Muesum of Science and Industry) a couple of times, ( letting the parental unit in need have some study time) this last time, he opted to take his pants off, twice, and run from momma for roughly 5-7 minutes. I of course was sans camera. Hope these shots will keep you entertained!
More Later!!

SUPERBOY TO THE RESCUE !!!

Alert the Press! Press the Alert! Spencer got a Haircut!
(and decided to fufill his destiny as a superhero)

Oh it's got to be a dreaded moment in every family. The day when all previous negotiations about getting ones hair cut ( or "trimmed" or "fixed" as they suggest you label it to the young ones) are called off. Having tried to get Spencer to get his golden curly locks cut about....well I believe the term umpteenth works here, time we finally said at home or the great clips. ONE OR THE OTHER. A Dory ( from 'Finding Nemo') flashlight was promised post haircut, and a very frazzled mama and daddy pretty much held you precious grandson,nephew, favorite little guy down and buzzed away. After much ado ( ahem, yeah that's a nice way of putting it...yeah....) he settled down and eventually learned to love his new lockless look. We hope you agree, as you might be his caregiver after someone calls child services having heard his....well his "ado" about his do. Above ( and yes, yes, yes, I am STILL getting the hang of uploading pictures...) are the after and before.

Despite all the trauma he still seems pretty happy, no?

Also, as noted about I recently found out that I indeed have a superhero, Superboy that is on my hands. His duties, ( as sometimes relayed in a bedtime story written by your truly ) are to help kittens to remember to look both ways before crossing the street, to remind children not to be afraid of the dark, and to help mamas and daddies all over the world find lost toys ( namely cars and trucks usually hidden in a deep dark hole that requires Superboy to use his Superflashlight in order to find ...okay so he added that part...) before their children wake up.

All in all pretty brilliant stuff for a three year old to manage before he wakes up. ( Oh yeah he does this all after I put him to sleep )

Lately fave activities have been playing with cars, and playing with cars in mud.LOTS of mud.
He also loves doing jigsaw puzzles and talking in great length about the solar system. Often he refers to himself as baby Peep, or baby Duckie. These poor winged babes are always sick and in need of much birdfood. Go figure. He does eat like a horse, one day eating 4, count em, 4 bananas and a myriad of other foods.

More later....school is starting soon, so I'm sure there will plenty to share, until then...

Just a short note, Spencer went swimming in a big community pool today and he loved it! I told him that we were going around 9:00 am ( big mistake, I just wanted to run it by him, which sounds asine, but he can be a bit finky, even if it's something fun ) and he preceded to say "okay let's go to the swimming pool, okay let's go to the swimming pool okay let's GO TO THE SWIMMING POOL!" all day until we finally went at 2:00 pm ( it was a long day).

Anywho, he had a great time, wanting me to throw him in the deep end ( or the big boy pool) for a mjjority of the time. When we went the first thing he did was dog paddle, telling me "I'm dog paddlin mama, I'm dog paddlin!" I can swear I have never said this term to him, but maybe I have. Or maybe he's brilliant. Yeah, that's probably it. He also went down a little slide quite a bit,wanted to stick his head underwater, and in general fell in love with the whole idea of spending summer days by the pool. It's the mama in him. ..I knew he'd be a little fish! Swim lessons are probably a good idea, as he is defintely eager to learn.

All right, that's about all, I'll post some pictures of our "Day out with Thomas"- that's right, a day spent riding a real train that looks like Thomas the Tank Engine! Wow!

Mr.Smiley McSmile, with a newly aquired squirting alligator and flaunting his fire fighter jammies! Extra + Cute = EXTRA CUTE!!

we decided to keep things serious at the kautt-smith household for a change.here you see us reflecting on philosophical matters....it was an engaging discussion to say the very least.

Okay I'm still, to an extent a novice at putting photos in blogs. But I think that you, my ever intelligent readers can put the comedy-tragedy of Spencer's first real ice cream cone together in their proper sequence.

These pictures are from a recent trip to OMSI. The day started out as gloomy and dark, so an afternoon spent at OMSI (Oregon Muesum of Science and Industry) is a perfect way to avoid the rainy day blahs. As you can see from the second picture, as soon as we saddled up the sun came out and the temprature went up about 10 degrees. Irony! Not to worry though, we spent the rest of the afternoon at the park. All in all it was a very fun day!