The Brown Brick Road

Circus!!

January 27, 2014

On Sunday we headed over to see The Greatest Show on Earth and it was…well…great! 🙂 Maxwell was super excited to see some elephants. We let him have his pick of all the toys there and he didn’t want any of the cool flashing, light up things. Nope, he wanted an elephant!

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Happy boy!

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Like last year, we only stayed until intermission but it was more than enough stimulation for both boys…

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They both kept clapping for everything – even Spencer – it was really cute.

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Plus, we got to see the elephants do their thing. Awesome!

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Family fun!

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Imagination

January 24, 2014

Maxwell’s imagination is exploding these days. Just yesterday he was telling me all about his other house that he has in Naples where he has a baby elephant with tusks and also a panda. He has a cage for the elephant so it won’t run away. He also has 4 stuffed monkeys but 3 are ripped and stay in the closet. The house also has a big bedroom with 3 big boy beds – one for him, James and Lila. And no grownups are allowed. 🙂

I just love to hear him make up his stories and the way he talks about them as if they are REALLY real. One story that went on for a long time was the Christmas party he made up. Way back before Christmas he started talking about a Christmas party that he was going to have at his friend’s Jack’s house. All of his friends were coming and it was going to be lots of fun. He would usually start talking about it around dinner time and saying that the party started at 9:00 and that we needed to take him over to Jack’s house instead of putting him to bed. ha!

Well, the Christmas party talked died down until last week when, out of the blue, Maxwell decided it was party day. He packed his monkey backpack with books and an extra coat, looked at his pretend watch and told me that it was time for the party to start because his watch said “29” which was when the party started.

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He told me he needed a ride but I told him that I think he needed to just walk to Jack’s house if he really wanted to go. Well, he wanted to go! He took off down the driveway and then came back for his coat and to ask for a ride one more time. I told him again that if he wanted to go, he needed to just walk over there. Off he went again…

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He made it about halfway down the driveway before coming back up and saying that he thought I needed to go with him to hold his hand on the sidewalk. Melt my heart. I then had to convince him that the Christmas party at Jack’s wasn’t really happening (I honestly think he was convinced it was real!) and that maybe we could just invite Jack over one afternoon to play at our house instead. He finally agreed and took off his coat. Hilarious.

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I just love to listen to his stories and am amazed at how his little brain works. Hope you all have a great weekend!

More park

January 23, 2014

Just a few more pictures from the park…

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chubby cheeks…

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Love this one…Maxwell’s ready!

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And these crack me up…these are totally the faces Spencer makes when he’s frustrated and can’t get what he wants! ha!

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And have to finish with a spin on the tire swing!

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See you tomorrow!

Swings!

January 22, 2014

I must have been really good last year because I got a new camera for Christmas! I upgraded to the Canon Rebel T5i and am so excited about the higher ISO, touch screen and more! yay! Two weekends ago the sun was shining, the weather was slightly warm and I knew it was the perfect day to break in my new camera at our favorite place – the swings! I’m still learning my way around the camera but I could not love it more. Just like I could not love these pictures more.

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And clearly Spencer could not love the swings more…just like his brother! 🙂

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I think it goes without saying that I could not love these boys more! 🙂

Dr Update and More

January 21, 2014

Well, Spencey got two things yesterday – an antibiotic and new shoes! Both are very welcome! We took Spencer for his 15 month checkup yesterday and, aside from the congestion and double (!) ear infection, he looks great. Since Robert and I both had the day off work, we all 4 went together for a little family fun! Trying to entertain your kids while waiting in a doctor’s office is pretty miserable so when I say fun I mean not fun at all. But, we were together!

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Maxwell also brought his doctor kit and was giving Dad a check-up while waiting for Dr. Walley to come in! 🙂

Spencer is 25 lbs, 11 oz (90th %) and 32 inches tall (95th-98th %)! I knew he was tall! Comparison – Maxwell was 23 lbs, 31 inches tall at 15 months and 25 lbs, 33 inches tall at 18 months. So, at 15 months, Spencer is basically the size Maxwell was at 18 months.

The only thing we need to start working on is Spencer’s vocabulary. He sort of says Dada right now and that’s his only word. He definitely needs to have more words by his 18 month appointment so we need to get that paci out of his mouth and get him talking!

After the doctor visit we grabbed lunch and then thought Spencey needed to go get his first pair of new shoes! He’s been wearing his brother’s hand-me-downs for months (poor second child). We headed over to Sikes and got him outfitted in some grey New Balances!

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They make his feet look so big. They’re a 5.5 wide so he’s got plenty of growing room which is good.

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Exciting stuff! Here’s Maxwell’s first trip to Sikes – he ended up with some grey New Balance as well. Can’t go wrong with a classic.

Hope you all had a good day off!

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