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Weekend 10

February 24, 2014

Ten things about our weekend…

1. We had a very special visitor! GJ surprised Spencer and Maxwell on Saturday morning and we loved having her here all weekend!

gj visit

2. Robert was out of town basically from Thursday morning to Sunday morning. I’ve been sick since Thursday morning so I was even more glad than the boys to have GJ in town!

3. Yes, I’m sick again. Honestly thought I had the flu again but went to the doc and was super surprised when the flu test came back negative. I had fever Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and that’s thankfully over now but I still don’t feel great. My self-diagnosis? Mono. We’ll see how the week goes.

4. Despite my puny state, we still enjoyed the BEAUTIFUL weather this weekend with lots of playing outside.

outside

(don’t you love our new construction zone!)

5. We spent lots of time strolling around our little Mayberry and definitely put in a stop at the tot lot.

tot lot

6. GJ is a good sport! She was following Spencer around the playground while I pushed Maxwell on the swings. Spencer got up there and crawled through the tube and there’s no other way to get to the other side (that has a huge open drop off!) without crawling through that tube…so through it she went! I got over there just in time to capture how awesome a grandmother she really is! 🙂

tot lot

7. My kids may be picky eaters but neither of them will turn down a chocolate chip cookie!

8. Spencer showed GJ this weekend that his favorite place to play is the closet. He kept going in the closet and closing the door behind him all weekend, even at night when it was pitch dark in there! He’s definitely in an open/close doors phase!

clsoet

9. When Maxwell says he wants ice cream, what he really wants are the brownie and cookie toppings you can put on your ice cream! No worry though, Spencer will eat the ice cream!

ice cream

10. We love GJ and wish she could visit every weekend!

gj visit

See you tomorrow!

iPhone dump

February 21, 2014

Cleaning off the iPhone! and there’s a lot today!

iphone feb

Have a GREAT weekend!!

Weekend roundup on a Wednesday

February 19, 2014

After the snow and freezing temps of late last week, we ended up having a BEAUTIFUL weekend with our first taste of spring! yes! On Saturday, Robert was going to work a community service project for most of the day so it was just me and the boys. It was still pretty chilly that morning so I decided to be brave and take them to see the Lego movie (I stole your idea Susan!)…

lego movie

Yep, that picture pretty much sums up our experience. Ha! Actually, it really went ok. I took Spencer’s chair for him and plenty of snacks and we made it through about half of the movie.

lego movie

Spencer really did pretty good until he wanted to get out of his chair. He then sat in Maxwell’s seat with him for a few minutes…

lego movie

(cutest things ever with their arms intertwined) but that didn’t last long. He then wanted to walk all over the theater, up the stairs, etc. I let him walk up and down on the side for a while (it was a 10am movie and there were only kids and parents in there obviously) but then we all decided to call it quits and go get some lunch! Funny story about lunch – I took them into Moe’s and, while ordering, I turned to Maxwell and said “buddy, do you get an Art Vandalay regular or junior?” and the guy making the burritos said, “He just gets a junior. He’s the one that comes in all the time with the blonde lady, right?” HA! The guy at Moe’s knew what my kid wanted to eat better than I did. Cracked. me. up.

Sunday was just a “chamber of commerce” day. Sunny skies, warm temps, perfect. You HAD to be outside.

tot lot

Spencer got up from his nap before Maxwell and I took him outside to get his first real taste of playing in the sand table. Now that he can finally walk, it’s like a whole new world for him outside! He loved it…

tot lot

but kept getting a little confused about playing in the sand v. eating the sand! 🙂

eating sand

Pretty soon, big brother was up to join…

sand table

That picture makes me all kinds of happy. Seeing them play together is just the best. The next picture is pretty much the best too…

sand table

Yes, that’s a toothbrush, full of sand, that he’s chewing on. I love that kid.

It was a GREAT weekend for sure! See you tomorrow!

Snow again!

February 18, 2014

On Wednesday of last week, school was cancelled and everyone was told to stay home because of the threat of bad weather. Well, it turned out to be a beautiful sunny day but then, that night, the anticipated snow finally started to fall. And it fell fast! Literally within 30 minutes we went from no snow to 2.5 inches…

snow

The next morning it was a winter wonderland!

snow

This was the fun snow too. Fluffy snow that you could play in with the sun shining to keep you from getting too cold. The roads were fine to drive and, because of that sunshine, it was really all melted away by the next day. We got the boys out there to have snow much fun! 🙂

snow

This was also the perfect snow to build a snowman!! I started with a little ball of snow and then started rolling it around like I remember seeing my Dad do when we were little. Pretty soon, I had built this snowman…

snowman

or maybe I should say snowgirl given her flower crown and nose! Maxwell loved the snowgirl but mostly loved digging into it with his shovel. My poor little snowgirl had no chance against that shovel and the shining sun!

snowgirl

Things were pretty much back to normal by that night! While all this snow has been fun, I much prefer the spring like weather we had this past weekend. See ya later winter!