The Brown Brick Road

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Catching up on things around here the past week or so…

A huge thank you to Susan for the awesome birthday gifts! Captain America, Hulk, and Cinderella!  🙂

susan presents

Another huge thank you to GJ for making the incredible Avenger masks! The Captain America and Wonder Woman masks were the party favors at Maxwell’s party. The Hulk will be used for Spencer’s part in October and the Wolverine and Iron Man were just for the boys. GJ’s the best!

masks

We loved having all of our favorite people in town last week to celebrate Maxwell!

family

In other good news, Samantha’s teeth are still white!! Woohoo! After the unfortunate fall, I was really worried her front teeth were going to turn gray but, we’re past the 2 week mark and they are still white so we should be in the clear. We went back up to the dentist this week and he was able to get an x-ray and good look at them and said they looked great. Phew!

dentist

In other not so good news, Samantha’s second day of school did not go so well. 🙁  She was having plenty of fun with brother before we left…

red shoes

and she looked awfully cute in her new red shoes…

red shoes

but she just didn’t have a good day. She was crying when I left and the teacher said she was just very clingy to her all day and could never really get happy. She didn’t even eat her lunch! They were worried that she was maybe getting sick but, nope. She was fine by the time we got home. When I picked her up at school, she didn’t even smile when she saw me but actually started crying – it was almost as if she was just overwhelmed with everything and was so relieved to see me that she just couldn’t hold the tears in. Break. my. heart. Oh, sweet baby. I guess the only way to get her to like school is to keep going – so, we’ll be back next week and will be hoping for a better day.

That’s it around here. Have a wonderful long weekend!

Their turn!

On Monday it was finally Spencer and Samantha’s turn to go to school! Spencer was ready, he had an ice cream date with his new class a few weeks ago so had met a few of the friends that will be in his class…

ice cream

ice cream

Well, I say he was ready but he sure wasn’t ready for photos that morning! Don’t they both look so excited?

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Ha! Spencer finally perked up a little when I told him about his new green camo lunch box I got him for school!

first day of school

Samantha didn’t know what was about to hit her but, gosh darn it, she looked cute in this little apple dress!

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and her matching bloomers!  🙂

first day

I could just eat her up.

first day

Ta da!

first day

When we got to school Spencer walked right on into Mrs. Rollins’ class, showed her his new lunch box, and took off playing not even saying bye to me! Good for him! I then walked Samantha over to her room to meet her new teacher Mrs. Laura. She was clinging pretty tight to me for a while.

first day

I finally managed to get her off of me and was trying to get her interested in the toys…

school

then Mrs. Laura tried to make friends…

first day

But, nope. Little Miss Skeptical was having none of it! ha!

first day

Tootie. She finally found an Elmo doll that distracted her just enough for me to slip out. I think there were plenty of tears once she realized I was gone but Mrs. Laura assured me she didn’t cry for too long. Both she and Spencer sure were happy to see me at 1:00! I think they both had a GREAT first day!

first day

Now let’s see what happens Wednesday when we go back and Samantha knows what’s about to happen! eek!

color week

Wow! What a fun weekend we had! Maxwell’s party was fantastic. It really could not have gone better and we had a very happy birthday boy! Today is Spencer and Samantha’s first day of school and Maxwell’s actual birthday is tomorrow…no slowing down this week!

Last week at school was color week and Maxwell had a certain color to wear each day. I, of course, used this as an excuse to continue to take a picture of him on the porch every morning. Wonder how much longer he’ll tolerate it?

Monday was red. This picture makes me laugh so hard. Spencer was doing some little dance and Maxwell was having none of it! ha!

red day

Tuesday was yellow…

yellow day

This shirt is a hand me down from Katie and Anna and it’s saved us on more than one “yellow day”!

yellow

Wednesday was blue…

blue

Robert walked Maxwell to school that day and Baby was very sad she didn’t get to go…I mean, she had her purse ready and everything!

blue

Thursday was orange…

orange

and, don’t worry, Baby got to walk to school that day!  🙂

baby school

This guy stayed back with me…

orange

Friday was green…

green

and that’s the end of color week! Or so I thought! Friday afternoon I got an email from Mrs. Solai with a whole new list of colors for this week…guess that means an excuse for more porch pictures!!  🙂

School Shoes

New school year = new school shoes! I originally ordered Spencer a pair of Nike Air Max for an upcoming surprise trip (shhh!) because they have a thick sole and I thought they would give him an extra inch or two he needed to ride some rides…

spencer shoes

They did! and he loves them! He feels pretty cool with his new “tie shoes”.

I liked them so much on Spencer that I ordered Maxwell some Nike Air Max of his own…

mbb shoes

he really loves them!

nike air max

I don’t like how they make him look like a teenager all of a sudden but…that’s life.

I also got them each a pair of blue Sauconys just like the red ones they’ve had the past few years.

shoes

Can’t go wrong with those.

Samantha’s a totally different story! Girls shoes are more fun – and more challenging! My sweet girl can’t just have two pair of tennis shoes and that’s it now, can she? Only problem is her chubby foot won’t fit in a lot of the shoes I tried on her! But, we ended up with some winners…

We kept the See Kai Run tennis shoes on her right foot…

shoes

the pink Livie and Luca mary janes on her right foot…

shoes

and then found these Cientas that are great (even if they do come with a fruity scent that I could do without! yes, the shoes smell fruity!)

shoes

Everyone’s feet are ready for school! Spencer and Samantha start Monday – off to new adventures!

First Day!

Well, the first day of kindergarten for my first baby has come and gone…and it went great! Maxwell was so ready and excited…

first day of kindergarten

and I was too!  🙂

first day of kindergarten

Spencer, on the other hand, was not ready nor was he excited…

first day of kindergarten

kindergarten

first day of kindergarten

He really, really didn’t want big brother to go!  🙁  Spencer apparently threw a fit of epic proportions after Maxwell and I walked over to school…poor buddy. It’s hard to see your best friend leave for 7 hours a day. All I can say is “bless his heart”…he will adjust and it will all be ok.

Maxwell and I got to school and found some friends…

first day of kindergarten

and headed down to the cafeteria to wait with his class…

first day of kindergarten

until it was time for him to go to his room with Mrs. Solai! Off to new adventures!

first day of kindergarten

kindergarten

The kindergarteners get out an hour early for the first 5 days so I was ready and waiting at 2:00 to see my buddy!

first day of kindergarten

He said he had a good day (even if they didn’t get to play on the “brand new but still not finished” playground!).

first day of kindergarten

Everyone sure was glad to have him back home that afternoon!  🙂

kindergarten

Here’s to a fun year of school ahead!