The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

Monday!

Happy Monday and Happy Veteran’s Day!  It was a gorgeous fall weekend around here and we enjoyed every second of it.

stroller

Most exciting thing for the boys?  New carseats! Spencey finally got to move out of his bucket seat and is now sitting in the carseat Maxwell had…

spencey

and Maxwell is now in a new carseat that will convert to a booster when the time comes.

maxwell car seat

More room for everyone and everyone is happy!

And after a few days of some rough naps, this little guy finally woke up happy on Sunday!  yay!

happy baby

Hope you all had a great weekend too!  See you tomorrow!

Friday

Oh Friday, welcome.  I think I’m getting SAD due to daylight savings time.  It’s practically dark when the boys wake up from their nap and I get off work. I’m ready to spring forward already.  Plus, I think Spencer must be cutting teeth because he’s had some VERY fussy afternoons.  Wah-wah, huh?  Are you sick of hearing me complain?  me too.  Moving on…

1. I sent Spencer back to school this week after keeping him out for over a month with HFM, ear infection and just my general desire to have him home with me. 🙂 He’s done great and I think loves the interaction with other kids. But, man, does he ever come home dirty and tired!

2. Due to the early darkness, we’ve been spending time inside playing with toys…

bristle blocks

Maxwell loves to build planes and trucks with those Bristle Blocks and Spencer loves to eat them.  (thanks Jenny, Ronnie, Katie and Anna!)

3. We’ve gotten into some of these new Leapfrog DVDs that are great. (thanks GJ!) I think Maxwell’s going to be reading in no time!

4. Some funny pics of my couch potatoes watching the DVDs…

All is well…

couch potatoes

until Spencey goes in for a snack…

couch potatoes

Maxwell notices…

couch

Uh-oh…

couch

Maxwell nicely shares and all is well again…

couch

until Spencey needs another bite!

couch

ha! The pictures made me laugh. My funny boys.

5. We had a “Moe-mentous” day here yesterday! Spencer got his first Moe’s taco just like big brother!  If you’re a regular reader, you know Moe’s is a weekly occurrence and basically Maxwell’s favorite restaurant ever. I think Spencey liked his just as much as Maxwell did!  yay!

moe's

Well, that was about the most boring post yet. I’m going to try to get my real camera out this weekend and do better next week!  See you then!

Genius

My baby is a genius.  When you tell him “bye-bye” he waves bye-bye.  When you tell him “pattycake” he does pattycake with his chubby little hands.  Genius I tell you.  See?

can’t see it? link here.

Now if I could just get him walking….

iphone

Last batch of iPhone pics taken with my old phone.  Loving my new 5s so far!

iphone

Please note the top right pic – that’s Maxwell with my teddy bear from growing up, Snuggles!  awwww.

iphone oct

See you tomorrow!

School photos

Ah, school photos.  Always so lovely.

School photo 2011…

school photo 2011

School photo 2012…

school photo 2012

and school photo 2013…

school photo 2013

I mean, it’s not terrible.  But, not worth buying either!  As my mom said, “You asked Maxwell if someone brushed his hair before the picture and he said “no”. He wasn’t lying!”  🙂

Spencer got his first School photo this year too…

school pic 2013

Sweet baby boy.

They actually gave us 2 proofs for each kid.  Here’s Spencer’s serious face…

school photos 2013

and Maxwell’s apparently terrified face!!

school pics 2013

ha!  When he came home from school that day I asked him if he smiled pretty for his picture and he said “No, they told us not to smile. They said to just make a normal face.”  Guess this is what you get when you ask for a “normal face”!  too funny.

School days!