The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

Big Al

A few weeks ago, we went to family night at The Club and, in addition to the kid’s DJ, they also had some special football visitors!  My boys were decked out in their AL colors…

AL

and were excited to meet Big Al himself!

big al

big al

The UAB Blazer dragon was also there…

blazers

I can’t say either of the boys were a fan of the dragon! The Auburn Tiger was supposed to be there too but he was a no-show. That didn’t bother my elephant loving boys though!  We had a great night dancing…

dancing

and playing outside.

the club

the club

It was a fun time as always!  Roll Tide!

roll tide

See you tomorrow!

All decked out

First, Happy October!  My favorite month!  🙂

Second, I may have all boys but, as you’ve seen, playing dress-up is very serious business around here. It happens daily.

We’re construction workers…

construction workers

Policemen giving out tickets…

police

directing traffic…

police

and putting trouble makers under arrest!

arrest

We also save the world as superheroes…

superheroes

But, most often, we’re firemen…as if there was any doubt!

fireman

fireman

fireman

fireman

And don’t think the dressing up is limited to home. Oh no, our outfits travel sometimes!

fireman

fireman

And apparently dressing up at school is the most fun too!

dressing up

I love this age.

Soccer Game 2!

Last weekend we had Maxwell’s second soccer game and thankfully got to be on the shady side of the field!  Score! Maxwell had another great game and really hustled up and down that field!

Baby brother helping him warm up…

soccer

and really wanting to be able to play with him!

soccer

Let me tell ya, trying to entertain Spencer during these games is definitely the hardest part of it all!  But, we survive and I still manage to get lots of good pictures of my star soccer player.

After a few drills…

soccer

soccer

and a little pep talk from Coach Dad…

soccer

Maxwell was ready to play!  He got in and scored a GOAL!!! right away! Go Maxwell!

soccer

soccer

There was plenty of running up and down the field…

soccer

a water break…

soccer

a pep talk from Coach Mike (who is a real firefighter!)

soccer

and then it was back in the game to score another GOAL!!!

soccer

After the game, both teams shook hands…

soccer

and Maxwell was pretty pleased with his performance!

soccer

Game 2 and 2 goals!

soccer

Go Maxwell go!

Monday

Happy Monday! We ended up having a beautiful weekend around here. We spent it doing the usual stuff…

Playing dress up…

spencer

Getting decked out in fireman finery to go to the coffee shop…

fireman

Please note his new red “spenders” that he is most proud of! He has a VERY official fireman uniform now!

“Helping” Dad outside…

outside

and enjoying the sunshine!

outside

outside

I’m thinking all that time outside is a large part of the reason Spencer is all snotty and congested now. Oh, allergies.

outside

Hope you all had a good weekend too!

Time for your checkup!

Maxwell had his 4 year checkup yesterday with Dr. Walley and all looks great!  He’s 40.25 inches tall (75th – 95th%) and 33.2 lbs (50th – 75th%).  Here’s his 3 year stats. For comparison, Spencer weighs 30 lbs right now!  ha!  But, as Dr. Walley said, Maxwell has really slimmed out and is a long and lean little boy now, not a chubby toddler.  I can vouch for that as there’s not one ounce of fat on Maxwell!  We had to wait for just a bit but I loved getting to chat with my buddy…

4 year checkup

doctor checkup

and then we loved getting a good report from the doc.

4 year checkup

He got the Flu-mist but thankfully no shots this time.  Hooray! Always thankful for good doctor reports!

Speaking of doctor reports, we got a peek at BB3 at the doctor a week ago.  It was my 20 week ultrasound but I was already 21 weeks.  The baby looks great and measured right at 21 weeks and 3 days.  Perfect!  All it’s parts are in place and growing – including some parts that we didn’t peek at!  🙂  Still going to wait until the end of January to know blue or pink!

baby brown 3

And I know it’s hard to see but s/he is holding up a little #1 finger here!

baby 3

Do you think it’s a girl trying to tell me she’s going to be the first baby GIRL Brown? There’s a chance!  🙂

In final doctor news, Spencer has no doctor news. Phew. Those hives are still lingering on his legs but are slowly going away. Hoping he stays away from the doctor until his 2 year checkup next month! 

See you tomorrow!