Last Sunday we went to our church’s advent workshop.  While Maxwell is really too young to do most of the crafts, he still had fun checking everything out.  His favorite part was getting to color a crown for himself.  I think this might have been his first time to use a crayon!

He was so proud to show off his finished project…

So proud that all he wanted to do was walk around…

and around…

and around to show it off!

Please notice the blue crayon in his hand that he would not put down.  He also tasted that blue crayon later.  Ah, life with a 1 year old.

After walking around, Maxwell went back in to color the reindeer that I he had made earlier.

He then thought it would be nice to share his crown with Dad.

We then tried for a picture in front of the tree but it didn’t go so well.

That’s ok…there are many more trees to pose in front of in the coming weeks.

Happy Friday and Happy Holidays!

Continuing on with our day at the park…

Maxwell is getting to be big enough to really enjoy all of the tot lot, not just the swings.  He loves when we walk him across the bouncy bridge and bounce bounce bounce…

I took him across the bouncy bridge…

and up to the big slide to slide down together. His favorite!  And, yes, I let Robert take some pictures of it…but only if he let me take pictures of him doing the same thing!  🙂

The slide was very slick that day and we went down fast and then popped right off onto the ground! Oops!

I love Maxwell’s face in that last picture…he is clearly not impressed with my slide steering!

Robert hasn’t quite perfected the art of picking up his feet while going down the slide so he and Maxwell bumped their way down…

I think we both need to work on our technique a little!

Just another fun day in the hood!

The nice thing about hosting Thanksgiving at our house was that we then had all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday to hang out as a family of 3 at home.  It sure was nice not to travel!  We got lots of good Maxwell time in, including a couple of trips to the park.  I know I mentioned that the slide has overtaken the swings as his favorite and, that’s still true,  BUT the swings can still make my buddy smile…

The higher he went, the more he laughed!

And then this happened…a swinging double high five for Dad.  The next two pictures might be the cutest thing I’ve ever seen in my entire life.

Are you dying?!  The approach and then the high five!  I can’t believe I caught it with my camera.  It’s pictures like these that make it all worth it.

Tomorrow – slide pictures!  I know you can hardly wait!