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Under arrest!

September 10, 2014

My parents got into town on Thursday of last week and Maxwell couldn’t wait to open his birthday presents from GJ and Daddo! We’re clearly going with a “rescue vehicle” theme this birthday and GJ and Daddo supplied him with plenty of police gear…

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He also got Chase from Paw Patrol (basically Maxwell’s favorite gift ever)!

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Not to be left out, Spencey got his own police car and hat too! The fire chief jacket worked just fine as his police jacket.

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It wasn’t long before Maxwell the policeman gave us all a ticket and put us under arrest!

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As I said on Instagram, I’ve always felt like I live in Mayberry and now I have my very own Andy Taylor and Barney Fife! ha!

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See you tomorrow!

Back to school a little late

September 9, 2014

Happy Tuesday! On the boys’ first day of school, I mentioned I had also taken some pics of them on the front porch with my big camera. Well, just now getting around to sharing them…

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Stinkers. I sure do love them and am so happy they’re loving school so far!

On the go

September 5, 2014

On Monday, Maxwell wanted to give his bike another go so we went down to the school playground where there was lots of flat space for him to ride. After a little convincing, we even got him to ride down there on the street.

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When we got to the playground, Maxwell wasn’t much interested in riding his bike but then some friends showed up with their bikes and scooters and, all of a sudden, Maxwell was much more interested! Davis is about Maxwell’s age and had his scooter…

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but his older brother, Harrison, is about 2 years older than Maxwell had his bike and he could go really fast – without training wheels! whoa! Maxwell loved watching him and wanted to ride with him…at a much slower pace! 🙂

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All the boys were then riding loops around the playground and Maxwell was keeping up with them just fine! Well, maybe not keeping up (they were going really fast!) but riding with them like a big boy! In this case, a little peer pressure was a very good thing for him! He hasn’t fallen once since he got the bike and is really gaining his confidence on it. I was so proud of him!

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Of course brother had to get his turn in on the way home! 🙂

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The birthday fun is still going around here and we’re getting ready for a firetruck birthday party this weekend (please no rain!!). But, Maxwell also got to celebrate his birthday at school on Wednesday. His request for his school treat? Elephant cookies just like last year…

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Please also click back to his 2nd school birthday – one of my favorite videos ever.

Ms. Kathy sent me this picture of him at school…

Too cute and too funny with his legs crossed! I sure do love my elephant and firetruck loving, bicycle riding 4 year old!

Have a great weekend!

Two Wheelin’

September 4, 2014

On Sunday Maxwell decided he wanted to give his new bike a little test ride. So, we took him out in the alley behind the house and went for a quick little spin. He was pretty trepidatious at first but warmed up and did great….on what was a VERY short trip! 🙂 But, it was a great first start and I see many afternoons of bike riding in his future!

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One loop down and back and that was enough for day one!

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“Phew. My head is sweaty, Momma.”

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Go Speed Racer!

Birthday morning!

September 3, 2014

When you’re 4, the birthday festivities start as soon as you get up in the morning! No waiting until dinner to celebrate, that’s for sure! Maxwell was surprised with presents, balloons and cake all before 8am!

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He got so many great presents from sweet family! He’s well outfitted now with a Mickey Mouse watch, a fireman raincoat and new fireman pi’s! We also got him a new Playmobil firetruck, ambulance and police car. They’re pretty neat with all sort of little itty bitty pieces and he looooved them!

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