The Brown Brick Road

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Weekend Roundup

First, Maxwell is 23 months old today!! What in theworld? I cannot believe 2 is just one month away.

Second, we had a great weekend and I hope you did too. Maxwell was just so FUN all weekend long. Robert and I were getting the biggest kick out of everything he was saying and doing. This is such a fun age…most of the time!  Just don’t ask me about mealtime!  🙂

What did we do this weekend that was so fun you ask? Well, let me tell you…

We breakfasted…

Maxwell got another “tiggle” and I got him a smoothie from Starbucks which he loved and drank every bit of!  Yay for fresh fruit and milk!

We parked…

We braved the heat because I’ve been missing our swings!

We water hosed…

And it sure felt good after a hot walk and trip to the park! We were both soaked by the end!

We frozen yogurted…

Even though he couldn’t wait to get his cup of yogurt, Maxwell ended up being way more interested in the cookies on top. He kept wanting to share his yogurt with me though which I didn’t mind!

We car washed…

Maxwell was fascinated!

The next day we Home Depoted…

After he tried out all the lawn mowers, Maxwell was just running up and down the aisles yelling, “aaahhhh!” and trying to pull down every tape measure, pair of gloves, and tube of Liquid Nails within his reach!  HD is almost as much fun as Bass Pro!

Finally, we parked again!

We also got some good work done on cleaning out what will be BBB #2’s room. I had a little panic attack around 3:30am Friday when I woke up and started thinking that he’ll be here in only 3 months!  We’ve got work to do but I know it will get finished in time…because when we all do it, it soon gets done!  (sorry, little Sesame Street inside joke there!)  🙂

Hope you all had a good weekend too!

Friday Funny and Olympic Love

Just a little funny that was sent to me that I now send to you:  People You Wish you Knew in Real Life.  Enjoy!

Yesterday Maxwell and I braved the heat and went for a little walk…

And here is where I was going to show you the awesome picture I got of Maxwell standing on the steps of a giant excavator that we passed by on our walk.  There were several big trucks parked in a parking lot so we pulled over and I stuck him up on the excavator and snapped a pic.  Funny thing was that, considering how much he talks about trucks this and trucks that, he was totally crying and hated being up there on that big ole truck!  The picture was classic but, you’ll never see it because Maxwell managed to delete it from my phone.  When we got home, he kept wanting to see the picture of the “lallow duh” (yellow truck) and so I gave him my phone and, next thing I know, deleted.  gone. vanished.  I was one sad Mama.  Oh well, you’ll just have to take my word for it that it was a great picture.

In other news, who’s excited for the Olympics!?  I love me some gymnastics and also can’t wait for all the Wills and Kate sightings over the next couple of weeks!!

To get you in the Olympic spirit, read this article and watch the Mary Lou Retton clip.  I totally teared up.  Only You Mary Lou

And if you want to read a totally AMAZING story, check this out:  Dominic Moceanu Sister.  I saw a report about it on HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel and the full back story of it is truly unbelievable.  If you can get your hands on that report, watch it!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

 

Waterhose

First, I’m happy to report that naptime was back to normal yesterday.  No fuss, no muss and a good 3.5 hour snooze!

Second, as you’ve heard me complain about many times before, it’s HOT here.  HOT HOT HOT!  So when you go outside to water the tomato plants and Maxwell wants to get a little relief from heat with the waterhose, it’s just impossible to say no to…not to mention too cute!!

All he needs is his fire hat!

I had to watch out though because he was a little dangerous with that water!

He had a blast!

And even actually helped water my flowers…

and my tomatoes!

Maxwell also learned that it’s fun to stick  his hand into the stream of water…

and even more fun to stick his head into it!

Of course, all good fun must come to an end at some point.  But not before you run around in your diaper for a little bit!

What a way to cool off!

Fun in the backyard on a HOT summer day!

Chain of events

Yesterday’s chain of events went like this….  Maxwell didn’t nap and screamed for an hour = I didn’t get my work done = I had to do all of my work last night and didn’t get to edit the awesome pictures that are sitting on my camera = another blog post with a pitiful iphone picture.  Boo.

I hate to blame everything on this but, when I went into his room Nanner was soaked where he had been chewing on him so I’m thinking teeth?  I don’t know but with all the screaming, my nerves are shot!

Thankfully we did get to meet up with our friends John Tanner and Walker for an afternoon walk.  A much needed escape from the house!

Let’s hope we’re back to normal with this smiley guy today…

In other news, Maxwell’s great great aunt Dodo had to have surgery on Monday and is in the hospital.  Dodo, we’re sending you lots of love and a great big long distance hug from Alabama!

iPad

I got an iPad to help entertain Maxwell on our July 4th trip to Florida.  He really only started playing with it himself over the last 2 weeks and it’s amazing to me how quickly he’s learned to navigate that thing.  He can pull up his favorite apps, scroll with his finger, switch back to the home screen, etc.  Kids and technology!

I don’t have many apps on there yet but the favorites are by Duck Duck Moose, Toca Boca and Fisher Price.  Specifically, the faves are:

Duck Duck Moose – Trucks.  Maxwell can play with dump trucks, go through the car wash or direct the trash truck to pick up the trash.  He loves it!

Duck Duck Moose – Old MacDonald.  Maxwell calls this “moo” because of the cows on the main page.  It takes you through the Old MacDonald song with all sorts of new verses.  Did you know they had a bulldozer on that farm?!

Duck Duck Moose – Wheels on the Bus.  We’re clearly big fans of this song around here and this app is fun for Maxwell because it includes some new verses and it super easy to  navigate.

TocaBoca – Train.  Maxwell loves to drive the choo-hoo, pick up passengers and freight and blow the train whistle.  Really cool.

Fisher Price – Animal Sounds. Very basic and cute graphics but Maxwell loves it.  Animals pop up and he can touch them to make them make a sound. Very easy for him to play with.

And this picture just makes me laugh….especially since I was taking the picture with my iPhone!!

As I type this blog post on my Mac I think it’s safe to say we’re an Apple family!