The Brown Brick Road

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2nd Birthday Party!

We had a big weekend around here and we’ve got a big week coming up!  First, today is Maxwell’s first day of school!  Let’s hope he does great in his new older toddlers room with his new teacher!  Second, Maxwell’s 2nd birthday is on Thursday so lots of fun birthday posts to come this week!  Third, we celebrated Maxwell’s birthday on Sunday with a family party centered around – what else – yellow construction trucks!!

Here’s the invite I emailed to family…

dump truck party invitation

And here’s my sweet birthday boy ready for his party!!  Boo-boos on his chin, knee and shin and all!  My rough and tumble little 2 year old!  🙂

I got his shirt off of Etsy and it came in about two weeks ago and Maxwell has been SO excited to wear it!  Every day he would want to peek into his closet at his truck shirt…but he knew it was off-limits until his party!  He couldn’t wait to put it on that morning!!

Like last year, I had to make things festive and I like a good theme to center the decorations – some yellow construction hats, orange cones and plenty of balloons of course!

dump truck decorations

I even got some special eating utensils for Maxwell…

So cute, right?!  I think he might be eating every meal with those for a while!  I did forget to hang the awesome “Happy Birthday” banner though!  darn!  remind me to hang it next year, ok?

We gave Maxwell this truck that morning and it barely left his hands all day…

and the proof is in plenty of the pictures!

The only thing that took him away from his truck were the balloons of course!

He was a happy little boy!

We loved having most of our family over but definitely missed Mary Beth, Holland, Keath, Jen, Delaney and Nate!

Before lunch, we had one more surprise for Maxwell…

A bounce house!  Those 3 cousins bounced and bounced and bounced in that hot sun…

until they were red-cheeked and ready to eat!

When it came time for lunch, fortunately everyone got into the hat wearing spirit!  What can I say?  I definitely think hats make a party more fun!  🙂

But the Birthday Boy looked cutest of all in his hat, of course!

I think that’s enough for today.  Party coverage continues tomorrow!  Until then, I leave you with this awesome family photo that we captured…

ha!  Hey, it was his party – he could do what he wanted!!  🙂  See you tomorrow!

Birthday celebrations!

This past Saturday we drove down to Montgomery for the day to celebrate both LuLu and Graddad’s birthdays!  I think it was a surprise to LuLu that we all showed up at her house…but luckily we came bearing food so she didn’t have to do anything except play with the grandkids.

We all enjoyed a wonderful lunch…and the kiddos had a ball at the “kid table”.

We then celebrated the birthday boy and girl with a key lime pie…

and then LuLu got to open her gifts…with plenty of helpers!

Granddad had a little help too!  🙂

Maxwell LOVED getting to play with Katie and Anna all afternoon….

and I loved getting to catch up with these lovely ladies!

After pie was eaten and presents were open, the kiddos hit the pool!  Robert was a trooper and volunteered to get in with Maxwell. Of course, considering how HOT and HUMID it was, I don’t think he was sacrificing too much!  Maxwell loved swimming as always and even starting jumping off the side of the pool into Robert’s arms!  exciting!

We also got to see Mary Beth’s dogs, River and Zelda, that she brought over.  If you know me at all, you know I am not a dog person…to put it lightly.  and to be around dogs this big…well…poor MB was having to run interference to keep them away from me all afternoon!  Maxwell wasn’t too keen on getting close to them either.  He just kept saying “no puppies!”.  I can’t blame him though because I think Zelda and River might still be taller than him at this point.  They are super sweet pups though, just too big for me!

By the end of the afternoon, Robert was hot-doggin’ off the diving board.  It was pretty impressive!  wish I had gotten a picture of the flips he was doing…Maxwell had to get his olympic swimming expertise from somewhere, right?

It was a fun day all around!

Happy birthday LuLu and Granddad!  We’re so glad we got to celebrate with you and love you very much!

A very special birthday!

Today is the birthday of someone very special.

Someone that we all love very much.

Someone who is as kind as he is smart (and he’s really smart!).

Someone who has shown me how to be the very best parent one can hope to be.

Someone who always keeps a positive outlook.

Someone who many people say I am just like.

Someone who I hope I can be much more like.

Someone that we hope has an especially good day filled with whatever chocolate treat he wants!

That someone is…DADDO!!!  Happy Birthday Daddo!!

Hey Maxwell, why are you looking so sad?

Because today is Daddo’s birthday and I don’t get to give him a hug.

Oh Maxwell, I’ve got good news for you!  You get to see him this weekend!

What? I get to see him this weekend? Me? see Daddo?

You sure do, buddy!  And you get to see Santa too…and maybe even Mickey Mouse!

Oh my, Momma! That sounds like so much FUN!

I don’t even know who these Santa and Mickey people are but I’m so excited to see Daddo I can hardly stand it!

I know, buddy!  I feel the exact same way!  

Daddo – we all can’t wait to see you this weekend and give you a big hug around the  neck!

ps – like Maxwell’s shirt?  I made it!  pat on my back thankyouverymuch!  🙂

A birthday special

Happy Birthday to Susu!  Maxwell’s great-grandmother is just about the best there is!

Susu, we are so glad we got to visit you just last month and hope we get to see you again soon! We love you!

You say it’s your birthday?

It’s my birthday too!

Happy Birthday to me!  The big 33.  I think you should get to celebrate extra big on your dual number birthdays so I plan to do just that. What am I going to do?  Hang out with this little guy, of course…

I sure am a lucky girl to get to spend my birthday with him and Robert!

And if I’m really lucky maybe I’ll get a piece of cake! (leftover from Robert’s birthday, of course!)  🙂

Hope you all have a great weekend!  I know I will!