The Brown Brick Road

Spencer’s birthday!

October 20, 2017

We had a day full of fun celebrating our favorite FIVE year old! The day started with balloons and a Shipley’s Donut hole 5!

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It was then off to school with these awesome cookies to celebrate some more!

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He had a fantastic day at school and even got 5 birthday spankings from Mrs. Beard. 🙂 Nothing better than a school birthday crown…

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We actually had Spencer’s birthday party right after school and it was AWESOME! Lots of pictures from that to come. That night, we had pizza (Spencer’s request. Specifically, “Not the pizza you go pick up but the kind that the Domino’s truck brings to your house!” ha!) We then had more cake and opened lots of fun presents! Luckily we had our two favorites in town to celebrate with us!

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I think Spencer had a great day!! Also have to share the awesome things Maxwell made for Spence…this sign…

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and this awesome book!

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We love our sweet FIVE year old!!

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Have a great weekend!

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Baby face

October 19, 2017

We had a GREAT time celebrating Spencer’s birthday yesterday! Lots of pics to come but today, please enjoy these of my sweet baby girl’s face.

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She’s got attitude and personality coming out of her ears and I cannot get enough of her face.

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I’m pretty much obsessed with her these days.

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I could eat her up.

Spencer is FIVE!!

October 18, 2017

Spencer is FIVE!! One whole hand!! My sweet, lovable, funny guy is five.

Newborn…

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One year old…

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Two years old…

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Three years old…

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Four years old…

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and now FIVE!!

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Whoa, he got so grown up! This kid makes me smile. He’s a happy kid who plays hard, tries hard, and loves hard. He still has the greatest laugh you’ve ever heard…and we get to hear it a lot! He’s smart with just enough of a mischievous side to keep me on my toes. Sometimes you just never know what you’re gonna get with him! That said, overall he’s a really good kid who gets along well with everyone and is generally pretty agreeable on most things. He’s doing great in school. His handwriting is super impressive and his drawing is just as good – if not better! – than Maxwell’s was at this age. He’s happiest at the table with a snack and some paper and markers – or maybe the iPad! ha! This kid does love some tv!!

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One thing Spencer does not like to do? Take pictures! I get lots of silly faces…

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He’s still into Star Wars and dinosaurs and loves Power Rangers right now. Superheroes are still cool and nerf guns are probably his favorite toy. He’s the best big brother to Samantha and the two of them really do have a special bond. I’m glad he has a little sister to show the ropes to! 🙂 Of course, his favorite person to play with is Maxwell! They really are best buds and play so well together most of the time. That playing usually involves some sort of ball throwing outside or wrestling! Spencer can hold his own with older kids just fine and is a great friend to buddies his age. His best friends right now are Sebastian, Stephen, Wade, and Christopher. He’s really into soccer and hustles so hard on the field. The only thing better than seeing him play is to hear him on the sidelines cheering for his teammates!

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I sure do love this little boy. There’s virtually no baby left in him except for those tricky L sounds…he still sounds just a widdle bit wike a baby sometimes. Oh, how I wish I could freeze him at this age.

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A little interview with Spencey:

Favorite book? Dinosaurs Galore
Favorite TV show? Ninja Turtles and DinoTrux
Favorite movie? Chicken Little
Favorite color? Black
Favorite song? Lion King
Favorite number? 100
Favorite restaurant? Moe’s
Favorite thing to eat? Moe’s tacos (burritos)
Favorite friend? Sebastian
Favorite toy? An excavator
Favorite animal? Tiger
Favorite dessert? Cookies
Favorite sport? Soccer
What do you want to be when you grow up? Garbage truck man

Alright Spencey, here’s lookin’ at you kid…

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Thumbs up for a great year ahead!

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Happy birthday sweet boy!!!

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We love you so so so so so much!

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Soccer, soccer, and more soccer

October 17, 2017

When we weren’t cheering on the Tide this past weekend, we were playing soccer! Maxwell had a soccer game Friday night and Saturday morning and Spencer had one Sunday afternoon!

Maxwell’s team has really gotten good and it’s fun to watch them play…though these two might disagree!

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ha! They’re actually pretty good cheerleaders…until the goldfish run out! I love watching the game though and am probably (embarrassingly) the loudest cheerleader on the sidelines!

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Maxwell was hustling so hard on Friday night and going after every ball that he seemed to spend as much time on his bottom as his feet!

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It was some soccer festival so they had a bounce house set up which kept the other two happy – well until one of the two got “lost” and Robert heard over the loud speaker “will the parents of Samantha, a little girl in a grey dress with black hearts please come to the check-in table!” Goodness gracious. I am proud she was able to tell them her name though!

We were back out there by 8:00am Saturday morning. It was picture day too!

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Maxwell had another great game!

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Luckily our field was right in front of the bounce houses that morning so the other two could play happily without getting “lost.” By the end I think the two in the bounce house were sweatier than the one that had played the soccer game!

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On Sunday afternoon we hit up the fields again for Spencer’s game. Spencer played really great. The other team had a ringer who was kind of taking all of the fun out of it for everyone but, when that kid finally sat out, Spencer took advantage and scored two goals!

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