The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

Oh No

From Spencer’s teacher at school…

Mary Catherine and Stephanie,

I am sending both of you this picture of Spencer. He is putting his hands on his cheeks and saying “Oh No” just like Hamp does. I have tried to get a picture of Hamp doing this but he always moves. They do this when we walk through the school and come to one of the many locked doors. It is so funny to see both of them doing this like it’s a major problem. They all know I have the key to unlock the doors so they look at me when we get to the doors. So cute.

 Alice

spencer school

Love my sweet baby and his friends.

School Days

It’s back again – school picture time. Once again, not our best!  ha!  Let’s remember where we’ve been…

2011

2011

2012

2012

2013

2013

and this year…

2014 school photo

A hairbrush would have gone a long way!  He’s still cute though.

Unfortunately, Spencer was NOT feeling the pictures according to his teacher and wouldn’t even let her sit him down to even attempt a picture.  So, no lovely school pictures for Spencey.  Oh well. Here’s his from last year…

2012 school photo

Maybe next year will be our year…or maybe not!  🙂

Open House

Happy Monday!

Last week the boys’ school had their Open House night where we got go see their rooms and meet their teachers again. I basically do that every time I take them to school, but it was a treat for Robert to get to see it all. We stopped by Spencer’s room first and said “hi” to Ms. Alice and then headed over to Maxwell’s room with Ms. Kathy…

ms kathy

She’s the sweetest, nicest lady and I’m so thankful Maxwell has her for his teacher! Same goes for Ms. Alice too!

open house

It was a fun night!

See you tomorrow!

First Day!

Both boys had a GREAT first day of school!  I took some pics on the front porch with my big camera that I’ll get up later but here’s the day with the iPhone…

Attempted photos inside…

first day

Attempted photos outside…

first day

And the one that seemed to be the best (despite Maxwell’s kinda funny face) and was shared on IG and FB…

first day

We dropped Spencer off first in the Older Toddlers class with Ms. Alice.  He was so excited to be in his new room with so many new toys. Maxwell was even excited about Spencer’s new room because they had a TOY KITCHEN (which is the #1 item on his Christmas list this year btw). Happily, Spencer got distracted by some toys and Maxwell and I were able to slip out without him noticing or crying. Yay!

I walked Maxwell over to his new room, the 3 year old class with Ms. Kathy, and he just marched right in like a big boy! Lila was already there and he immediately took a seat next to her and could not have been happier.

lila

He was surrounded by girls which he’s going to have to get used to this year!  🙂

school

I stood out in the hall for a few minutes waiting on a friend to go to the Parent Meeting and Maxwell saw me and just gave me the cutest little thumbs up.  Sweet boy.

Later that day, the school sent me this pic of Spencer playing away in his class. He clearly liked the TOY KITCHEN too – check out the pot holder on one hand and pot stirring with the other! ha!

first day

Btw, that’s not his lunch in front of him but if he wanted to eat some of those apples and carrots that would be fine with me.  🙂

Later that day when I went and picked them up (my FAVORITE part of the week), both came running up to me with big smiles on their faces. A GREAT day was had by both boys.

first day

Here’s to a FANTASTIC start to what I’m sure will be a FANTASTIC year!

School’s in session!

Happy Monday! Today is the first day of school! While it definitely does not feel like back to school fall weather (it feels like 103 degrees to be exact), we’re ready nonetheless.  We’ve got our new red shoes, and now we’ve got back to school haircuts!

Maxwell got his cut a week ago Thursday. Robert took him and he came home kind of looking like Justin Bieber circa 2010…

haircut

Rockin that front swoosh! Don’t worry, once it was brushed out, it looks just fine and is a great cut.

Spencer was supposed to go that day too but ended up “busting his whole mouf open” that afternoon so we postponed his a week. He got his cut on Friday and came out with a little Bieber of his own…

haircut

Cute boys, cute haircuts…and a little drool for good measure.

haircut

Alright school, we’re ready!