TGIF! And it’s August! Maxwell’s birthday month! woohoo!
Make it a good one!
Fall like
We’ve had some just gorgeous weather mixed in with the summer heat these past 2 weeks. Yesterday morning it was cool and crisp and felt so very fall like. I cannot wait for fall, my favorite season! It was so nice out, we just had to get a little sand table time in before we headed off to school for the day.
Yes, they do have on their swimsuits and swim shirts. It was splish splash day at school!
Hoping this cool weather sticks around!
Secret’s out!
Maxwell is many things…
1. A talented artist (he creates almost entirely in orange marker):
Please note the hose and axes on the fire truck. And that’s the fire off to the right.
2. A brave fireman…
3. A handsome church date…
4. A total blabbermouth!
As I mentioned, we told Maxwell about the new baby this past weekend. He’s really come around to the idea and is pretty darn excited now, especially when he finally grasped the idea that the baby is ALREADY IN MY TUMMY. What?! Anyway, he went to school on Monday and I guess decided he just had to spread the news. When I went to pick the boys up from school that day, Spencer’s teacher was the first to say, “So, Maxwell tells us he’s going to have a baby sister!” ha! When I told her it was true (well, sister OR brother), the teachers all laughed and said they would need to apologize to him because they hadn’t believed him! Then, the next day, Max’s mom texted me and said, “Max just told me that Maxwell announced to the class that he is getting another baby!” Ha! When you’ve got good news, you’ve got to share I guess! And, no, we don’t know that it’s a sister…but Maxwell has now decided that he wants a sister because “we already have a baby bruver.” Makes sense to me! 🙂
I sure do love that little blabbermouth!
Weekend
The one thing guaranteed to make a weekend better? GJ!
Come back soon GJ!
Monday
Happy Monday! Thanks for all the sweet comments on Friday. We’re pretty excited – and a little overwhelmed! – at the thought of a 3rd. There’s lots of things you don’t think about in becoming a family of 5, like the need for a new car, how you put 3 kids to bed at the same time, how you make 3 kids fit into 2 bedrooms, and, as Granddaddy pointed out, how much harder it’s going to be to get a table at a restaurant from here on out! 🙂 All things I think we can manage just fine. Well, the room thing might cause a bit of an issue…Maxwell doesn’t yet know that he’ll eventually be sharing a room with Spencer and I see no need to tell him until absolutely necessary! I know they’ll end up loving it.
One thing I’m sure of, it’s going to be next to impossible to get all THREE smiling at the camera for a picture. It took me 2 days to get the pictures I put up on Friday of the boys in their “BIG Brother” tshirts. Enjoy some outtakes…
Spencer was the most difficult model. Trying to get him to sit where you want him to sit and actually smile is just not going to happen at this age.
All the outtakes weren’t totally terrible…but that doesn’t mean they were exactly right either.
They are such sweet boys.
Of course, I also know that they’ll get to an age where they will happily smile for a picture…with a bribe of course! 🙂 When they all reach that age, I’ll end up with gems like these…
Also, we told Maxwell this weekend about the new baby. His immediate reaction? “Noooo, I don’t want a new baby!!” followed by a few (fake) tears. He came around pretty quickly though and decided a new baby could be alright as long as it’s another “bruver” and not a sister! ha! He also thinks we should name it Jelly! And, no, we’re not going to find out what it is…I think! Surprise!
See you tomorrow!