“Mama, take my picture!”
“Cheese!”
“Me see it?”
ps – in other really big news around here, Maxwell ate a fruit cup yesterday. Yes, the fact that he ate a super kid-friendly fruit cup is a very big deal because this kid will not eat fruit. Progress!
Maxwell-isms
Maxwell is such a hoot these days and every day is an adventure. Case in point – by 9am yesterday Maxwell managed to lock himself in the bathroom. Locked as in ‘threw the dead bolt style lock that I didn’t even know worked’ locked. After a frantic 20 minutes on the phone with Robert trying to figure out how to get him out, I ended up having to call a locksmith who drilled a hole in the door and was able to unlock the bolt.
Once he was out, Maxwell thought it was great and loved seeing all of the locksmith’s tools. For the rest of the day he was saying “that man got me out!” Never a dull moment around here! In addition, the things that come out his mouth are usually pretty darn funny. And when said in that sweet-as-pie little toddler voice…well, he makes me laugh at lot.
Some of his favorite things to say right now:
“I like it a lot”
“He real nice”
“Me no like that” – usually in reference to some sort of food I’m trying to give him!
“That’s plenty” – clearly because I’m already telling him he doesn’t need more and he has plenty of whatever it is.
“Right noooooow” – he wants everything right now!
He now says his name “Maswell” but also says his name is “Max” about half the time. I think they must call him that at school sometimes? He also knows that Dad’s name is “Rovert” and my name is “Tephie”. It’s HILARIOUS to us to get him to say this.
He knows Spencer’s name is Spencer but he doesn’t usually call him that as he has a variety of nicknames for him. The main one being “ya ya”. He always refers to Spencer as ya ya and it’s become so commonplace that I probably refer to Spencer as ya ya half the time too! Maxwell will also call him “chubby” and “fatty”…clearly terms of endearment he’s picked up on from us!! 🙂 The best though is “Spencer Willy”. It’s really more like “Pencer Willy” and it might be the single funniest thing I’ve heard. We think it came from a combination of us saying “Spencer Wencer” and “Silly Willy” and Maxwell just made it his own with “Pencer Willy”.
He’ll also cheer his brother on by saying “come on little guy” or “come on buddy” when he’s trying to roll over or calm down. He also loves to tell me “he fussy!” when Spencer starts crying.
He’s started saying both “oh man!” and “oh dude!” when something is spilled or he’s disappointed when we don’t see the yellow trucks we want to see, etc.
He refers to anything that happened in the past as “last night”. As in, “That man got me out of the bathroom last night!” when it really happened that morning.
He loves to tell me to “fill dat up” when putting his food on his plate. He wants each compartment to be full of food!
When we were talking to my parents on Face Time on the phone last week, he kept saying “me get in phone?” He thought since we could actually see GJ and Daddo on the phone that they were in the phone and he wanted to get in with them!!
He’s also very good at please and thank you. I need to start working on “ma’am and sir” next!
My two little bears…
One thing is for sure, Maxwell really does love Spencer. He always wants to know where his “ya ya” is and loves to tell people that Spencer is HIS ya ya. He’s always trying to (unsuccessfully) pick him up and loves to lay on top of him and bury his head into his belly. He also likes to see how much he can get away with and hit on poor Spencer and poke him in the belly. Aaah, brothers!
As frustrating as 2 years old can be, it’s also the absolute best. I love this little guy and his funny personality. Can’t wait to see what’s next!
Greatest show on earth!
Happy Monday! We had a fun weekend that included a trip to the circus on Saturday! I hadn’t been to the circus in about 25 years and really wasn’t expecting much but, let me tell you, it was really cool! I was honestly AMAZED at what some of those people could do – the acrobats and the tight rope walkers. Unbelievable. It was quite the sensory overload – strobe lights, blaring music, action everywhere.
We only stayed until intermission (an hour and 15 minutes into the show) and we had had more than enough by that point. I think Maxwell had fun and got to see lots of elephants, tigers and even a human cannonball! Obviously, the things that interested me the most – like the trapeze artist, the tightrope walkers and the unicycling basketball players – didn’t hold his attention as well. He was having more fun playing with the light up toy we bought him! 🙂 $22 well spent!
There was a little excitement at the very beginning of the show. The had a group of about 8 horses come out to dance around the ring and do various tricks. Well, the lead horse went wild when it came out and actually bucked off it’s rider – a lady in a very bedazzled suit. She was knocked onto the ground into a ball and luckily didn’t get trampled. The horse darted out of the ring and, had we been on the front row, I would have been terrified. A bunch of handlers ran out from the back within half a second and got control of that horse and got backstage but, man, it was scary for a minute! Just thankful it wasn’t an elephant that went wild!
It was a fun morning and we’ll definitely go back next year!
Anniversary celebration
Last weekend, Robert and I decided to actually go out to dinner to celebrate our anniversary. But, we had no sitter so we just took the kids. What does that mean? It means going to dinner at 5:45! 🙂 Fine with me! Both kids were (fairly) well behaved and we had a great dinner at The Club…a little fancier than our usual Mexican but it was a special occasion!
I put this picture on Instagram (sjpbrown) because it makes me laugh…wine, beer and a kiddy cup!
Life’s a little different these days! but it sure is fun! 🙂
Snow 2!
As I said yesterday, we had snow here on Thursday of last week. By around 2:00 in the afternoon, the snow was coming down sideways and actually sticking to the grass. Maxwell and I bundled up one more time and went out to play in the winter wonderland!
Maxwell wanted to take his mittens off so he could touch the snow. He did and he decided it was cold!
He then really wanted to build a “Frosty” so that’s what we did! We built a very little Frosty!
Maxwell was pleased but told me he needed an orange nose! ha!
He sure had fun in the “shown!”
I had fun too but, I can tell you that after living in New York for 5 years, I’m glad I live in a city where snow is a 1 day event every 3 years! 🙂
I will say, I think these are some of my favorite pictures I’ve taken of Maxwell yet!
Here’s to just a little bit of snow!