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3rd Birthday Party!

August 27, 2013

Maxwell is all about firemen these days so we decided to have a firemen birthday party!  Our local fire station was just completely rebuilt and is walking distance to the tot lot so we invited a few buddies from school and some family friends to come tour the fire station and have cake at the tot lot after!

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Maxwell was so excited!  When he woke up that morning, we were talking about his party and the first thing he asked was “Can I hug the fireman?”  Oh man, I love that kid.

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Our group met at the station and got a mini tour from the firemen perfect for 3 year olds!  They got to see where they keep their uniforms and where they all eat together.  Then, all the kids got to climb all over the firetrucks and even sit in the driver’s seat!  So FUN!  Then one of the firemen came out dressed in his full uniform!  So cool!  The firefighters could not have been nicer or more generous with their time.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – some days I feel like we live in Mayberry.

Maxwell was so excited to have so many of his friends there, including Lila!

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He also had a blast with William.  These two were making me laugh all day!

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He loved getting to climb up and check out the truck!

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In the driver’s seat!

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Doesn’t get much better than this!

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Look at that smile!  My very happy birthday boy!

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He loved getting to hang out with “real firemen”!

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But, when one of the “real firemen” came out in his full uniform, Maxwell wasn’t quite so sure he wanted to give that hug anymore!

mbb fireman party

ha!  He was trying to play it so cool.  Look at him checking him out!  Such a mix of awe and hesitation all in one..

mbb fireman party

Then William came over too but he wasn’t so sure either…

fireman party

Too funny…

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Then I came over there by him….

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and he finally decided he needed to check out that uniform up close!

mbb fireman party

Spencey just wanted to get everything in his mouth, not surprising!

mbb fireman party

After plenty of fire station fun, everyone walked a block to the tot lot where GJ was holding down the fort (thanks GJ!) with our table full of goodies…

mbb fireman party

Maxwell couldn’t wait to get his hands on those flaming cupcakes so we lit the candles…

mbb fireman party

sang Happy Birthday…

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and made a wish!

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The kids then had free reign to eat cupcakes and play on the playground!  Perfect!

mbb fireman party

Spencey was having plenty of fun too!

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I just love all the memories that were made that day for my little guy and his buddies.

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I took a bazillion pictures so here’s a bunch more from the party…

mbb fireman party

mbb fireman party

I could not have asked for everything to go better.  I just wanted Maxwell to have FUN and I know that he did.  That night I asked him what his favorite party of the party was.  His answer?  The giant firetruck balloon!  ha!  figures.

Happy Birthday Maxwell…here’s to all the firetruck balloons a 3 year old could ask for!

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The birthday posts begin…

August 26, 2013

Whoa!  WHAT a weekend we had!  Maxwell’s 3rd birthday party was on Saturday and it was SO FUN!  The weather was beautiful (if not boiling hot!) and the fire station tour could not have been better!  It all made for one very happy almost 3 year old. I was so proud of him and his brother all weekend.  There was a LOT of stimulation and they both acted so sweet and nice the whole time.  I have so many pictures (took 576 on Saturday alone!) so am just going to get started.  We’ve got a lot to cover the next few days – birthday party, first day of school (today!) and actual birthday.  Get ready!

Here are my boys on Saturday morning before the party all decked out in their new Firetruck shirts!

I guess Maxwell was channeling Gene Simmons here…ha!

fire truck shirts

He then wanted to squeeze Ya Ya’s cheeks the way Robert and I do!

fire truck shirts

fire truck shirts

I sure do love these funny…

fire truck shirts

sweet…

fire truck shirts

and frankly adorable boys!

fire truck shirts

And here’s a little preview of two of Maxwell’s favorite birthday presents!

buzz

boots

Lots more to come tomorrow so stay tuned!

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The Final Countdown

August 23, 2013

Please tell me you just sang this in your head!

We’ve had two little countdowns going for the past week.  One for Maxwell’s THIRD birthday next week and one for his PARTY this weekend!

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Needless to say, he’s pretty darn excited!

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I’m just wondering when my almost 3 year old got so tall?!  Look at those long legs!

countdown

It’s going to be a weekend full of fire-truck fun!!  See you Monday!

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Iphone

August 20, 2013

Every day around here is an adventure!

iphone

iphone

See you tomorrow!

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Weekend recap

August 19, 2013

First, Happy Birthday Jen! Hope it’s a GREAT one!

Second, hope you all had a good weekend. Ours was nice with fantastic temps in the 70s on Saturday! We had tons of rain on Sunday which is no fun but I’ll take that over the heat. Our weekend went a little something like this…

Spencer looked cute…

spencer

and then got to wear shoes for the first time! I used to put shoes on Maxwell all the time when he was a baby but I’ve literally never put them on Spencer’s feet until Friday. But, I think I want him to wear shoes to school so he needs to get used to them!

spencer shoes

He wasn’t quite sure about them at first but then got used to them. I think his little fat legs look so cute in them! 🙂

Speaking of shoes, Maxwell got some new shoes for school! Zappos delivered 3 new pair on Friday…

shoes

Maxwell loved them all and kept running circles in the house saying “these make me fast!”

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Unfortunately, his new shoes didn’t keep him from falling Saturday morning while helping Dad in the yard. He bit it on the concrete and we had to patch up a scraped leg and elbow with some band-aids. It wasn’t all that bad though but he was a *bit* dramatic about it! Skinned elbow = traumatic I guess! By that afternoon he had fortunately made a full recovery and we took a field trip to Bass Pro. Robert needed to get something and it’s always a fun place for Maxwell to explore…

bas pro

That night we grabbed some pizza and Spencer got to sit in this retro high chair…funny.

high chair

Sunday morning things were looking good and we headed to church…

spencer church

And then, when leaving church, Maxwell once again bit it on the concrete and ended up with knees that looked like this…

skinned knees

Ouch! Can’t blame his new shoes on this though because he had on some old ones. Poor, poor buddy! And, once again, he was quite dramatic about the whole thing…

skinned knees

He’s now all bandaged up and will hopefully stay scrape free for the next week! Goodness gracious.

Hope you all had a good and injury-free weekend!

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