The Brown Brick Road

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The birthday posts begin…

Whoa!  WHAT a weekend we had!  Maxwell’s 3rd birthday party was on Saturday and it was SO FUN!  The weather was beautiful (if not boiling hot!) and the fire station tour could not have been better!  It all made for one very happy almost 3 year old. I was so proud of him and his brother all weekend.  There was a LOT of stimulation and they both acted so sweet and nice the whole time.  I have so many pictures (took 576 on Saturday alone!) so am just going to get started.  We’ve got a lot to cover the next few days – birthday party, first day of school (today!) and actual birthday.  Get ready!

Here are my boys on Saturday morning before the party all decked out in their new Firetruck shirts!

I guess Maxwell was channeling Gene Simmons here…ha!

fire truck shirts

He then wanted to squeeze Ya Ya’s cheeks the way Robert and I do!

fire truck shirts

fire truck shirts

I sure do love these funny…

fire truck shirts

sweet…

fire truck shirts

and frankly adorable boys!

fire truck shirts

And here’s a little preview of two of Maxwell’s favorite birthday presents!

buzz

boots

Lots more to come tomorrow so stay tuned!

The Final Countdown

Please tell me you just sang this in your head!

We’ve had two little countdowns going for the past week.  One for Maxwell’s THIRD birthday next week and one for his PARTY this weekend!

countdown

Needless to say, he’s pretty darn excited!

countdown

I’m just wondering when my almost 3 year old got so tall?!  Look at those long legs!

countdown

It’s going to be a weekend full of fire-truck fun!!  See you Monday!

Birthdays!

Sending out some big Happy Birthday wishes to LuLu and Granddad this week!  Hope the year ahead is the best one yet!  🙂

In honor of your birthdays, thought you both might like to see some pictures of the awesome son you raised.  Thanks for raising such a nice guy who is a fantastic dad!

dad and spencer

As you can tell from these pictures, Spencer is just crazy about him!

spb and robert

robert and spencer

and so are me and Maxwell!  🙂

robert and spb

Happy Birthday Lulu and Granddad!

Birthday party!

This past weekend we got to go to a birthday party at the McWane Science Center!  Sam Brown (no relation) was turning 6 and we went to help him celebrate.  Robert and Sam’s dad, Keith, grew up together and Sam’s little brother, Luke, is Maxwell’s age.  It was a great place for a party!

Maxwell all ready to go…

Spencer with the birthday boy, Sam…

Holding on tight to the present!

We first went to a room where the kids got to see and touch all kinds of animals.

I let Robert handle the animals with Maxwell while I hung back with Spencie Wencie…

All the kids loved getting to see a tortoise…

a hedgehog…spiky!

a snake…

Luke had NO FEAR about any of the animals…especially the snake!  He was so funny trying to grab at all of the animals!

And, finally, a super soft chinchilla.  cool!

Afterward, Maxwell filled up on sugar…

and then we got to explore McWane for a bit…

Spencer wasn’t that impressed!  🙂

We then headed out to lunch where Maxwell tried to use his party favor – a train whistle…we’re still working on it!

It was a fun party!

Birthday Birthday Birthday!

Today is a very special day!  There are TWO fun birthdays to celebrate.  First, Maxwell’s cousin Savannah turns ONE!  Happy, happy birthday Savannah!

Second, Daddo’s birthday is today!  Hooray!  We are so glad we’ve gotten to see Daddo so much lately on his trips back and forth to Arkansas and can’t wait to see him even more over the Christmas holiday.  Daddo, we hope it’s a zip-a-dee-doo-da kind of day!  Enjoy the cookies that are coming your way!  🙂

Maxwell and Spencer wanted to send Daddo some Happy Birthday wishes of their own so I made a sign for them to hold and things went a little something like this…

Hmmm…what does this sign say?  I see a D and a B and two P’s…

What are you laughing at ya-ya?  You can’t read it either you know!

Oh, that’s ok ya-ya.  I know you’re just laughing because you’re excited it’s Daddo’s birthday.  

I’m excited too and hope Daddo has a great birthday!

Here, why don’t you hold the sign yourself…

Perfect!

Maxwell then thought it would be a good idea to take his brother outside with him to pose for more pictures…

But then realized that almost 12 lbs of baby is pretty heavy…

So instead he covered him up with burp cloths and told him to “stay!” (Maxwell can be a little bossy).

Maxwell then went outside and decided to pose with the next best thing…

A fire truck! Doesn’t get much better than that!  (like that face?  that’s his new “say cheese!” face…goodness!)

Happy Birthday Daddo!  We hope your day is as fun two firetrucks!  We love you!