Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...
Last week, some of the moms from Maxwell’s grade organized a little popsicle get-together so all the friends could see each other over the summer. They had a blast running around and letting their popsicles melt all over themselves!
Maxwell with his good buddies Max and James…
and, oh happy day! Lila was there…
I think it was pretty much the best day of the summer so far for Maxwell!
Really hope they’re in the same class next year! Fingers crossed!
As I mentioned yesterday, we had a very low-key weekend. And since I have nothing else to talk about today, I’m going to tell you about it. Excited? Yea, I thought so.
We stayed in our pajamas until about 10:00 on Saturday morning…
Well, the boys and I did. Robert went out to the dealership at 8:00 to get a new tire because his had a nail in it! No fun!
We then went over to my parent’s apartment to finally bring back most of the stuff that we had stored over there when we were going to put our house on the market. The boys had a blast helping us sort through the boxes…
We also took about 15 trash bags of stuff to Jimmy Hale to donate. Feels so good to purge! We then all went to lunch at Moe’s to make Maxwell happy. When we got there, Robert and the boys got a table while I got in line to order. When it was my turn, the burrito making guy said, “You’re Spencer and Maxwell’s mom, right? Is Spencer feeling better? He was sick, right?” HAHAHA! We love Moe’s!
That afternoon, the boys had fun playing with all of the toys that they’d been missing for a few weeks.
Maxwell decided he wanted to dress up like a garbage man. After telling me to just order him a costume off of Amazon, we decided we could actually make one with his construction vest and gloves. The backward hat was his idea!
Looks pretty authentic to me!
Mostly we just enjoyed hanging at home and having the old smiley Spencey back!
On Sunday, I dressed the boys in these new Gap tshirts that I got on sale for $4! score!
Maxwell turned his garbage man vest back into a construction vest…
and then we got creative and made an airport for his airplanes…
Robert and I might have had a little more fun than we should have making that! I got glimpses of future science projects…Robert and I working in the kitchen while Maxwell sat in the den watching tv! ha!
On Sunday night we made pizza and I only mention it because it had pesto I made using basil from our garden, homemade crust, tomatoes from our garden topped with more of our basil. The only thing we didn’t make was the cheese!
Go us! And that was our exciting weekend.
Happy Monday! After weeks of traveling, we finally had a weekend at home and we took full advantage to do nothing! As I mentioned last week, Spencer, Robert and I have all been sick and we just needed a weekend to catch up on rest. It all started when Spencer got a cold with terrible congestion a week ago Friday. We went to the lake the next day and Robert and I came home with the same cold. It was a pretty miserable week as the cold knocked. us. out. Spencer was still obviously feeling the effects of it too because he was not himself all week. Not at all. I’m talking laying out on the floor, kicking and screaming tantrums every day. I had no idea what was causing it and even stopped giving him his Singulair to see if that was making him act crazy. I took him to the doctor on Tuesday to get him checked out but nothing was wrong except congestion. He also had this terrible bite of some sort on his cheek from the lake that I was afraid was causing something – what I don’t know?! But, the doctor wasn’t really worried about the bite either. We continued through the week with tantrums every day and then he was a terror during therapy Friday morning so I gave him some Advil after that and it seemed to make a big difference. He did fine all Friday afternoon and has had a GREAT weekend. Totally back to the happy little boy I know. Robert and I, after being sick all week and thinking we were done with the cold, both still felt pretty lousy, tired and lethargic all weekend. I just have to think that if Spencer was feeling that way too – with no real meds to help him out – then no wonder he’d been a pill all week!
Hopefully we’re back to normal now. And we thankfully got the ok from Dr. Maxwell this weekend after a thorough check-up!
Say AHHHHHH
Let me take a close look…
and a little closer look!
Taking the temp…
Apply magic all-healing plastic band-aid…
And a thumbs up from Dr. Brown!
Hopefully that’s the end of all the sickness for now!
Last week Maxwell got to have his buddy, James, over to play one afternoon. They had a blast….
It was a nice afternoon so I got the bounce house out for them to jump out some energy!
Spencey even got to join in on the fun!
James just lives around the corner so we just walked him home when it was time.
Cute little friends.
On Saturday of last week, we loaded up and drove to Tim’s Ford Lake in TN for a little family reunion with Robert’s mom’s side of the family. Cousins were in from California and everyone else drove over from Huntsville, Montgomery and Birmingham to spend some time together. It’s always fun to see everyone and how much the kids have changed. Honestly, I was a little unsure about going considering what happened the last time we went (!) but we all managed to stay away from the hospital this time! 🙂
All the cousins in the best pic I could get!
Maxwell and Spencer are the youngest of the crew. Evie, the next oldest, is 5. I tend to think of Maxwell as such a big boy that it was different to see him around the real “big boys” and realize what a little guy he still is. I also learned the depth of Maxwell’s dog fear while there. While I have tried very hard to never react negatively to dogs when he’s around, he’s clearly my son and did not want to be anywhere near the two dogs…at all. If he found himself within 3 feet of a dog, he would let out the most piercing scream you’ve ever heard. Yea, that made things fun. Regardless, there was plenty of playtime without dogs around…
Plenty of “vacation food” like Lucky Charms!
and plenty of awesome views!
Maxwell loved floating in the lake…
While Spencer preferred a pool his own size!
There was water balloon fun…
A family fish fry…
and smores!
The best part was just having a chance to hang out!
It was a fun weekend in a beautiful place!
Thanks so much for hosting us all, Nancy Ellis and Charlie!