Friday Favorites

Friday Favorite

August 12, 2011

As I mentioned yesterday, one of Maxwell’s favorite things right now is books. One of his other favorite things is trucks. It should be no surprise that his favorite book right now is a book called Trucks.

It has these great little slides on each page that Maxwell can move to see a new picture underneath.

And because it’s a board book, it’s pretty indestructible…despite Maxwell’s best effort.

You can get it on Amazon here…of course. What can’t you get on Amazon?! There are several other Slide and Find books. We also have Words and it’s neat too.

Hope you all have a great weekend. Robert and I are going on a little date this weekend to see Gillian Welch in concert. Fun times!!

See you Monday!

Friday Favorite

July 29, 2011

Today’s Friday Favorite are these great Silly Billyz bibs. Someone gave me one as a shower gift and they’re the best bibs by far. Why do I like them so much? First, they are thick, lined terry cloth and big enough to cover his entire shirt. Second, the elastic at the neck keeps them snug and the snap closure means he can’t pull them off…yet! I recently ordered a few more off of Amazon and am so glad I did.

Maxwell enjoying some dinner in his awesome Silly Billyz bib…

Even though it doesn’t look like it, some of this food does actually end up in his mouth!

They really are great bibs.

Now, I’ve got a fun treat to send you all into the weekend…a video! I tried and tried to figure out how to convert my iphone video into a format that I can upload to the bloggy blog but I’m stumped. But, if you want to see some great Maxwell belly laughs, all you have to do is click on the link and check it out on Flickr. You won’t be disappointed!! 🙂

Belly Laugh Video

Hope you all have a laugh filled weekend!

Friday Favorite

July 22, 2011

Today’s Friday Favorite is our local library. It’s a fantastic library only 3 minutes from our house with so many great programs for kids…even ones Maxwell’s age! There’s something going on up there almost every day that Susan can take him too and they have the best time. His favorite thing so far has been Patty Cake Time. They sing songs, read books and do silly little dances. It’s every Thursday and only for ages 1 and under. Since they are taking a little summer break, yesterday was Maxwell’s last time to be able to go to Patty Cake Time. When they come back in the fall he’ll go to Mother Goose Time with the big kids! 🙂

I joined them a the library for a few minutes to see his big graduation from Patty Cake Time…they even sang Happy Birthday to him!

Playing at the library before class…

Saying “hi” to all his little buddies…

Ready to start!

It was a full class yesterday!

Maxwell’s favorite part are definitely the egg shakers!

The theme of the library this summer has been “One World, Many Stories” and Maxwell even got his very own reading passport.

So far, by reading books with Susan, he’s gotten 4 stamps in his passport – Switzerland, Malaysia, India and Hawaii (really glad he had his passport for Hawaii!). I’m so glad Maxwell has the opportunity to spend time at the library. Hopefully it will grow into a love of books! One thing I do know he loves…those egg shakers! 🙂

Have a great weekend!

Friday Favorite

July 8, 2011

Today’s Friday Favorite is our new carseat! This is a bit of a risk considering we’ve only had it one week and I don’t really know if it’s going to be a hit or not. But, we committed to the Britax Boulevard so I’m going to be optimistic and make it a FF! 🙂 You can read all about it here – Britax. We’ll have it for a while as it goes up to 70 lbs and will turn into a forward facing seat when Maxwell reaches 40 lbs.

We got ours at Buy Buy Baby and couldn’t wait to get it out of the box. Luckily Robert had a helper to get it all ready…

A super helper who couldn’t wait to get in there…

A helper who really wanted to do it himself…

A helper who eventually pushed Robert out of the way so he actually could do it himself!

Then it was time to hop in…

And I think he likes it!

We’re off for a fun weekend driving around with the big boy car seat! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend too!

Friday Favorite

June 24, 2011

First, big news – Maxwell can stand up in his crib. This day has been coming for a while. He’s been pulling up on everything and now he can pull up to standing in his bed. I’m sure the jumping is only a few weeks away!

Second, it’s the Friday Favorite!! Today’s Friday Favorite should come as no surprise to parents out there. It’s the Baby Einstein videos.

Last weekend Robert and I were trying to get some stuff done in the kitchen and Maxwell was not exactly in a mood to entertain himself. Robert thought to put on a Baby Einstein video – Baby Noah to be exact – and I couldn’t believe how mesmerized he was by it. We’ve played the videos for him a few times before but I guess I’ve never really noticed how they completely capture his attention. He couldn’t take his eyes off it. Those videos are genius, just like…well…Einstein! 🙂