The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

The boys

(Non)interesting things of late….

I finally bought a waffle maker.  Always wanted one, never had one.  I saw one on sale on Gilt and splurged $30 for a Cuisinart waffle maker.  I love it…even if Maxwell did ask for his normal “round waffles” when I tried to serve him one at breakfast.  He’ll never leggo his Eggo I guess!  I stayed up too late the past 2 nights watching True Detective.  Have you seen it?  We watched it on On Demand so crammed all 8 episodes into only a few days.  Awesome, awesome show but I’m tired!  and feeling like I need a shower after watching all the chain smoking on that show!  This daylight savings is throwing me off too – it’s still so bright out when it’s time to put the boys to bed.  I don’t like the dark mornings when I go to workout, but I sure do like the time to play outside after naps.

Today – some pics of my boys from a few weeks ago when Robert and Maxwell went to church.

Maxwell’s so excited about having his picture taken! (ha!)…

church

But we got a good one anyway!

boys

But, throw little brother into the mix and, well…it’s never gonna work…

boys

But his face in this one sure does make me laugh!

boys

Make it a great day!

Weekend!

Little rewind back to Thursday night when Robert and Maxwell got to go to “Dinner with Dad” up at school!

dinner w dad

Maxwell got to show Robert around his classroom and eat some dinner with friends.  Fun!  Not surprised on who he ended up eating with…

dinner w dad

Miss Lila herself!  🙂

Friday night was pretty crazy with a trip to the Mexaurant and the HD!

home depot

Saturday, I had to go to a baby shower…

baby shower

So Robert took the boys to run out some energy.

running

By the time I got home, Robert had proved he was the most fun ever by getting out the bounce house!  We spent the rest of the weekend jumping for joy about how beautiful the weather was!

bounce house

We even had our buddy, Jack, over to jump too!  It was such a great weekend, it was practically electrifying!

bounce house

Thankful for these relaxing weekends at home!

relaxing

See you tomorrow!

Friday!

TGIF!  Let’s celebrate with the sand table and some Thin Mints!

thin mints

Have a great weekend!

Thursday

First, happy 90th birthday to Maxwell and Spencer’s great-grandfather today!!  We love you Granddaddy!

Second, a sweet picture of my brown-eye boy…

mbb

and my blue-eyed baby.

spb

See you tomorrow!

Not much

Not much to report these days. When I don’t have anything to talk about, a list seems to help…

1. Susan took the boys to eat lunch yesterday at the “firehouse” aka Firehouse Subs and they thought that was about the best thing ever with the dalmatian tables, fireman murals on the walls, and real fireman coats hanging around.  Bonus – kids eat free on Tuesdays! Free grilled cheese and real fireman decor?  What could be better?!

fire house subs

2. On Sunday, when Maxwell skipped his nap, Robert took him to a parking lot to drive his fire truck and he looooved it!

fire truck

After that, they took it over by the elementary school and, as Robert said, the firetruck was like a moth to a flame!  Maxwell had more than a few inquiring little boys walking up to his firetruck and he even gave one little boy a ride!

3. Spencer is still not talking.  Not even one word and he’s 16.5 months.  I’m trying not to worry (it’s not working). The good thing is that he babbles constantly and communicates with pointing, gestures, etc. and clearly understands directions.  But I just want one little word.  Even an animal sound would do!  Come on, Spencey – gimme a moo!!

4. Work has been crazy lately – good (a raise! yay!) and bad (colleagues resigning = more work for me).  Still so glad I get to do this job from home.

5. Robert and I are going bowling tonight!  woohoo! Maxwell is getting his favorite babysitter, Abby, to come over tonight! woohoo!

6. We took the boys to church on Sunday and they looked so cute in their church clothes.

church

I mean, super cute.

church

7. I made this for dinner last night and it was really good.

8. I make pizza a lot and my fave dough recipe is this one by Pioneer Woman but I’m always on the lookout for a good whole wheat version. I’ve tried several and haven’t been knocked out yet.  But, this one looks promising and I’m going to try it soon.  I’ll report back.

9. Maxwell is really into Jake and the Neverland Pirates lately and last night we were acting out Jake on the bed.  Maxwell was Jake, Robert was Captain Hook, Spencer was cubby and I was “Twinkle-bell”.  the cutest.

10. When it’s too cold to play outside and you need some inside entertainment for little boys, build a fort.  Works every time!

A boring blog post with a list is better than just a plain boring blog post, right?!  🙂  See you tomorrow!