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Zoo!

August 17, 2011

Yesterday was a big day around here. Susan took Maxwell on his very first trip to the zoo!! It was also a chance to experiment how Maxwell would do without a morning nap…and he did just fine. I’m sure all the excitement of seeing elephants, giraffes and polar bears helped him stay awake.

Our zoo is great and has a train you can ride (Maxwell’s favorite part of the day), a little splash park, a petting zoo (the goat licked his fingers) and a carousel. fun fun fun! Susan took some pics of their big adventure…

Of course I dressed him in his lion tshirt to visit the zoo! 🙂

By the time they got home around 1:00, Maxwell was a hot, happy and VERY tired little boy…

Such a big adventure! And now for some animal adventures at home…Ok, not really. But it IS animal print fabric on the bench…that counts a little bit, right? 🙂

Oh hello…

It’s just me, Maxwell…

Being cute…

That’s all.

Can’t wait to see what adventures today brings!

Birthday celebration

August 16, 2011

After our fun fry-eating Saturday, we drove down to Montgomery on Sunday to celebrate a couple of birthdays.

This little girl turned 4…

And this guy turned…more distinguished. 🙂

I only took my point and shoot camera so my apologies these aren’t the best photos. Sometimes I think my iphone takes better pics than my point and shoot!

Back to the day…

It was great to have all of the Brown kids and their spouses together.

Maxwell got to practice wearing a party hat. He’s all ready for his big upcoming birthday!

Jenny got in on the party hat wearing fun…

As did I…

Are we festive or what?! 🙂

Quality cousin time was had on the couch…and I still can’t believe we actually got this picture.

Candles were blown out, wishes were made, cake was eaten.

It was a fun day all around. Can’t wait for the next birthday celebration!! 14 days and counting!

Saturday outing

August 15, 2011

Hope you all had a great weekend. Ours was fun and HOT. I’m not going to be sad when summer rolls out and the crisp days of fall move in…even if it does mean football every. single. weekend.

Saturday was spent running some errands. Maxwell took along his new favorite toy to play with in the car.

Yep, that’s a spatula. Why do I buy expensive toys again?

We ended up stopping for lunch at Flip Burger where Maxwell and Robert looked cute while waiting for a table…

and showing off their cool tennis shoes.

We finally got seated and Maxwell gave me this face….

But then I gave him a french fry and all was well. I think this was his very first french fry ever.

I see the beginning of a long, happy – albeit unhealthy – relationship.

See you tomorrow!

Friday Favorite

August 12, 2011

As I mentioned yesterday, one of Maxwell’s favorite things right now is books. One of his other favorite things is trucks. It should be no surprise that his favorite book right now is a book called Trucks.

It has these great little slides on each page that Maxwell can move to see a new picture underneath.

And because it’s a board book, it’s pretty indestructible…despite Maxwell’s best effort.

You can get it on Amazon here…of course. What can’t you get on Amazon?! There are several other Slide and Find books. We also have Words and it’s neat too.

Hope you all have a great weekend. Robert and I are going on a little date this weekend to see Gillian Welch in concert. Fun times!!

See you Monday!

Storytime

August 11, 2011

Maxwell is really interested in looking at books lately. He’ll actually sit still and let us read a whole (short) book to him. We usually make it through the story once before he wants to pick up the book and eat it. 🙂

Nighttime storytime with Dad…