Rebecca: “Liv, what are you doing?”
Olivia: “When people are mad in books, a tornado appears above their head.”
Rebecca: “What?”
Olivia:
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23 Jun
Gramma’s house
We spent Memorial Day weekend at my mom’s, and the kids had a great time fishing with their dad and Papa Best.
8 May
Welcome, Baby Ryan!
Katie and Tom welcomed Ryan Henry late Friday night. He weighed 7 lbs, 4 oz, and he is, as Owen keeps saying, “so tiny.” Also, very cute.
16 Apr
Lego love
Olivia helped Owen assemble his new Legos today.
“Well, this has everything I love – following instructions, concentration – it’s perfect.”
Which is great, because those are my least favorite things.
7 Apr
Overheard
Me: “What’s the number one thing you’d like to do on vacation this summer?”
Ava: “Swimming.”
Olivia: “I want to swim with DOLPHINS. I want to go skiing! And snowboarding. And shark diving, of course. Canoeing! Mountain climbing. Surfing. Walk on the beach…SCUBA DIVING. Colorado. Honolulu! ALASKA.”
3 Apr
Nashville roundup
I have a few more photos to share from the trip I took with my mom and the girls over spring break. Truly can’t wait to plan a return!
Olivia’s favorite stop (perhaps second only to Tennesee’s state museum) was Antique Archelogy, which is featured on her dad’s top show, American Pickers.
We also stopped by Vanderbilt (class of 2029, perhaps…?).
And, is any Smith family girls trip complete without a stop to see were Taylor lives? No. Definitely not.
We spent a lot of time touring around town on the trolley – it was a fun way to see Music Row and a lot of other stops as well.
Our second night in town, we visited Rippy’s on Broadway. The young guy manning the stage that night brought around the tip bucket and asked for requests. Of course, the girls requested T. Swift, so I tossed in a $10, knowing it was probably a bit outside of his standard playbook. Not only did he deliver, he asked the girls to come on stage and sing with him.
Ava was willing but reserved; Olivia completely let loose on a cover of Blank Space. This was easily my favorite moment of the trip, and I bet my mom doesn’t disagree.
The next day, I took the girls on a tour of a distillery, like all good mothers are known to do. They did abstain from the whiskey tasting though, because it wasn’t even noon.
I really enjoyed traveling with the girls, and especially my mom. Can’t wait for fall break!
19 Mar
Nashville!
My mom and I took the girls down south (and a bit to the east) for spring break. It was the first time in Nashville for all of us. I, for one, am definitely going back.
Our first stop was the Country Music Hall of Fame. Ava was disappointed to learn the mission of the “Taylor Swift Education Center” was not to educate museum-goers on the finer points of one T.S., but rather on country music as a whole.
Ava passed up the opportunity to complete a museum-wide scavenger hunt, only to be shocked to find her studious sister was rewarded with a selection of Taylor trinkets and tour books.
She did discover a few treasures, though: I found her kneeling in complete silence in front of Taylor’s guitar.
If you look into the center of this giant guitar, you’ll see Livie Lou.
We made our way to a little hole in the wall on Printer’s Alley to have dinner and see our first live act. The girls came away with an autographed CD.
Our primary goal for the day was to see a show at the Bluebird Cafe–this was Ava’s top spot because it was where Taylor was discovered. A long line foiled our attempt, but we did get in for a quick photo and $800 in t-shirts.
We headed back downtown to Broadway and took advantage of lax age restrictions, checking out the evening act at the Legends Corner (where, I think, Keith Urban was discovered?). I would have stayed all night, but the girls were exhausted because SOMEONE booked a 6 am flight that morning…).
Day one: Done. More soon!
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