The Brown Brick Road

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Back home

When we got home on Sunday I wasn’t sure if Maxwell was going to be happy to see me right away…or maybe be a little mad at me for leaving him!  I think he was pretty glad I was home but I don’t think he wants me leaving him again anytime soon…

Hmmm…maybe if I can just get this tag off then Momma won’t be able to use her suitcase and won’t leave me ever again…

Of course, then he got his little gift that we brought back for him and he changed his tune a bit!

What’s that Dad?  This little car is for me?  And you’ll bring me back a gift from wherever you go every time you leave me??

Here Momma, let me help you get this bag to the car so you guys can leave me again…and if you’re wondering, I like trucks, trains and books.

Now, if you’ll excuse me I’ve got some vroom-vrooming to do!

NY NY!!

Hello all!  I am back in B’ham after a super fun, 4 day trip to the city.  It was great to be back in the hustle and bustle of Manhattan.  The reason for our trip was the wedding of my friend, Alicia.  But, we packed in lots of other fun things in addition to the awesome wedding.  I flew up *very* early Friday morning and spent the day in the office.  It’s always good to catch up with my co-workers and be in the office…and remind me that I love working from home!  🙂  Friday night meant sushi from my very favorite place EVER.  Tenzan.  It’s nothing fancy – decidedly un-fancy actually – but melt in your mouth delicious.

Yes, I was so excited about this sushi I took a picture of it.  And, yes, I ate all of that.

I was supposed to meet my friend there for dinner but she had to cancel so I just enjoyed a night walking through Saks and then eating sushi in my hotel while watching the Whitney Houston special on Dateline.  What?  I can’t have a crazy quintessential NY night every night, can I?  🙂

Robert flew up to meet me on Saturday.  We met up with my friend, Lyndsay, grabbed lunch at PJ Clarke’s, and then spent the day shopping.  We even got Maxwell a little souvenir to take home with us!

my first ferrari

La mia prima Ferrari!  Vroom vroom!

That night we met up with our friends, Samantha, Ryan, Katie and Matt at the coolest new bar.  Jimmy at the James Hotel.  David Burke has a new restaurant in this hotel that is on my list to try next trip up!

We then had dinner at Caffe Falai that included incredible hand made pasta.

After dinner, Robert, Lyndsay and I went to the welcome party for Alicia’s wedding.  It was downtown at the Wooly in the Woolworth building.  It was a place I had never been to before and apparently only opens for special events.  It was definitely a cool space.

Lyndsay and I with the bride to be in the middle!

Sunday we had brunch at Friend of a Farmer and then headed to Soho because I wanted to go into C. Wonder.  Have you heard of C. Wonder?  It was started by Chris Burch (former husband of Tory) and it’s fantastic.  Home accessories, jewelry, apparel….a true lifestyle brand (in a very Tory-esque fashion I might add!)  The store was just as cool as I expected and I kinda wanted to move into it.  No, not kinda.  Definitely wanted to move in.

c. wonder

The wedding was on Sunday afternoon in Brooklyn Heights and it was lovely.

The reception followed at Bridgewaters in downtown Manhattan.  It was a great venue with incredible views of the Brooklyn Bridge.  We danced the night away (possibly including a little faux tap dance by yours truly. I can buffalo with the best of em!) and celebrated the happy couple!  So fun!  Congrats to Alicia and Bill!

I had the best date there!  🙂

I loved getting to see so many sweet friends – Lyndsay, Katie, Sam, Kady, Jane, Elana, Alicia, and many more.  The best part of the whole trip though?  Getting home yesterday afternoon to see this cool dude…

Oh, man.  I cannot tell you how much I missed him.  Not seeing his smiling face for 3.5 whole days just about did me in!  But, knowing that he was home having a BLAST with Ms. Susan made it all ok.

You better believe I gave him lots of extra snuggles last night.

So, that was our trip…as documented by my iphone and in probably more detail that you cared to know!  See you tomorrow!

Friday Favorite

Moo!  Oink!  Neigh!  Typical sounds around here these days.  Maxwell is really into playing with his farm animals so today’s Friday Favorite is all about the farm…a Farm Animal Trifecta if you will!

First up is the Little People Barn.  This was a Christmas gift from GJ and Daddo and Maxwel loves it.  It gets played with daily.

*side note – we never put the batteries in ours and I honestly forgot that it was supposed to make animal noises.  It’s perfectly fun while silent!

Second up is the Melissa & Doug Farm Animals puzzle.  This one is definitely not silent!  The puzzle makes the noise of the animal when you put the puzzle piece in the correct spot.

Third up is the beloved SeeNSay!  It has every animal sound you can imagine.

Maxwell has gotten so good at knowing his animals thanks to these 3 toys.  He’s also pretty good at oinking these days…although he prefers the more authentic snorting sound to just saying oink. Guess he just likes to keep it real.

Wishing you all a great weekend from our funny farm to yours!  Mooooooo!

humdrum

Things are a little humdrum around here this week.  Not much going on.  I’m enjoying it though – February is proving to be every bit as busy as I expected it to be.  We’ve got something planned for just about every weekend.  So, it’s nice to enjoy these mid-week humdrum days without much to do except play…

This last picture makes me laugh…

Out of all those toys (and a silver mint julep cup!) he chooses the empty wrapping paper roll to play with.  Love it.

the kissing bandit

I think Maxwell was filled with the spirit of St. Valentine yesterday.  When I went to pick him up from school, his teacher said that he had been very lovable all day and was planting kisses on all the girls!  Oh goodness!  I think it must have been the L♥VE tshirt that got him going! I know he puckered up for Caitlynn especially – I think she’s his favorite!    🙂

I asked his teacher if the girls minded the little smooch and she said that she thought they kinda liked it!  Love was definitely in the air!  I can’t blame the little girls though…who whouldn’t want to get kissed by this happy little guy?

Maxwell also came home from school with this cute little Valentine bag made out of paper plates…

It was full of Valentine cards from all of his little girlfriends!  I tell ya, he’s a lover this kid!

My Valentine, Robert, didn’t come home with flowers like usual this year.  Instead, he brought me a piece of cake from Olexa’s!!  Sweets from my sweet!!  That cake is sooo good and it was pretty much the BEST VALENTINE GIFT ever!

Hope you all have  LOVEly day too!