The Brown Brick Road

Sunday Shower and Soccer

September 15, 2015

First, happy birthday to Uncle Keath!! Hope it’s a fantastic day in sunny Florida for you!

Second, it was a big day around here on Sunday! I drove down to Montgomery for Mary Beth’s baby shower and, thanks to a cancelled sitter, Samantha got to put on a party dress and go with me! Well, she actually ended up putting on 2 party dresses…the first one didn’t survive the ride down! 🙂

mb shower

It was a fun day and Samantha and the boys can’t wait to meet their new cousin in October.

Back in Birmingham, Maxwell had his first game of the new soccer season! He’s got the best coach on the field yet again…

soccer

He’s the green team this year and combined with his new orange shorts and shoes…he’s looking SHARP! Susan went and watched the game and stood in for me as Maxwell’s main cheerleader. I’m so grateful she was there. It was a fantastic game from what I heard. Maxwell hustled and got after the ball and even scored 3 goals!! woohoo!

soccer game 1

Here’s to a great Sunday all around!

Outside!

September 14, 2015

Happy Monday! It was a BEAUTIFUL weekend around here. We had some rain Friday night that blew in some very welcome cooler temps! We did our best to enjoy it!

Breakfast swinging on the porch…

samantha

Lunch al fresco…

lunch

and afternoon climbing trees!

trees

A beautiful weekend for sure!

outside

See you tomorrow!

Lego Maniac

September 11, 2015

As I mentioned around Maxwell’s birthday, he’s become a Lego maniac! All he wanted for his birthday was Legos, Legos, Legos! I think they’re fantastic for him – they allow him to be super focused on something and teach him how to follow instructions too.

legos

The biggest thing he wanted for his birthday was the Lego City Fire Station. It’s for 6 to 12 year olds but Maxwell, one week before he turned 5, put the whole thing together by himself in 2 days! I was SUPER impressed! We rarely help him at all – only if he has a question here or there or needs help putting a sticker on straight! 🙂

lego fire station

As soon as he builds something, he takes it up to his room to put on top of his chest so Spencey can’t reach it! 🙂 He’s building quite a Lego city up there!

legos

While he definitely likes to build the sets as they are supposed to be built, he does have a few sets that he’s actually taken apart to use the pieces to build his own thing. That actually kind of surprised me! I thought he’d want to leave them all together the way they are “supposed” to be. I’m so proud of all the creative things he’s built. He sure has fun with it all! He’ll even help Spencey with his Duplos now and then…

duplos