Have I ever mentioned that Maxwell looooooves bath time? Why yes, I have.
He loves it now more than ever. Here’s proof…
Happy boy!
Learning No
We have tried to start telling Maxwell “no” on certain things. I wouldn’t say it actually works 100%, but I do think he understands that he’s not supposed to be doing whatever he’s doing…kinda.
Case in point…my plants. As you saw yesterday, he loves to pull the moss out of the bottom of them. This plant below used to have moss in the base but after Maxwell pulled it out for the 25th time I replaced it with brown paper. Now he just loves to go over to the plant and try to rip the paper and pull on the leaves. Every single time he goes over there, I put on my serious face and say “No. No sir. We do not touch the plant. No sir”. I imagine the commentary in his head goes a little something like this…
I’m just gonna stand over here and pull on my favorite plant…
No Momma, I wasn’t touching the plant. I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Her back is turned, I’m going for the leaves.
Uh Oh. She’s coming closer still saying “No sir” and shaking her head back and forth. This can’t be good.
Maybe if I sit here and look real pitiful she’ll stop.
Forget that, I’m outta here.
Lesson learned? Not exactly. We’re a work in progress! The funniest thing is that he’s now started to shake his own head “no” in response to us which is pretty cute and makes me want to laugh but I can’t. Gotta stay serious and show him we mean business, right?! 🙂
The weekend’s top 5
Hope you all had a great weekend! Ours was good and Robert and I even had a little date night at Hot and Hot…yum! Maxwell had fun (as always) and I documented it on my iphone (as always).
First up – my little stinker. I usually keep this plant turned where he can’t get to the moss but I had pulled it out and it didn’t take him long to get his hands all in it! I knew things were a little too quiet and turned the corner to find this…
Stinker!
Second – Maxwell stood all on his own. Several times over the weekend he went from a seated position to fully standing for several seconds all by himself! so exciting!!
He was so proud of himself!
Third – Maxwell discovered that our side table makes a great walker…and he was on the move! I really think he might be walking on his own by his birthday.
If you want to see some live action of this, check it out here.
Fourth – Maxwell mastered a new sound this weekend and it sounds very much like ma ma ma ma! Music to my ears.
Fifth – It always cracks me up to see him with his hair all brushed and straight after the bath. Thought you might like to see it too…
That’s all folks…for today at least.
Random Friday Photos
First, happy birthday to my sis-in-law Jen today! Hope it’s a great one!
Second, I have no cohesive commentary for these pictures. But, it’s Friday so we’re just gonna go with it.
Chewing on my iphone…
Like my new iphone cover? so do I. It’s from J Crew. Like J Crew? so do I.
Rockin’ a Justin Bieber hair swoosh here…
I promise I didn’t brush it like that. He did it all on his own. Baby, baby, baby OOH!
Eating the remote…
Wonder if it tastes better than the iphone? I’m thinking no.
And now, to send you off into your weekend, another spatula picture…
Can’t wait until he learns to use that spatula and whips me up some dinner!
Hope you enjoyed this first (only?) installment of random Friday photos. Have a wonderful weekend!
New game
Maxwell’s newest “fun” game is this…
Drink the water out of the sippy cup.
Dribble the water down his chin and onto his shirt.
Laugh hysterically.
Repeat. Over and over and over.
Oh the joys of a little boy!
After he soaked his shirt, I tried to pull it off but forgot to undo the snaps by the neck. The shirt just wouldn’t quite go over his big ole (perfectly round and beautiful) noggin! I eventually helped him pull it off but only after I stopped laughing and had snapped a few pics…
I repeat…Oh the joys of a little boy!