The Brown Brick Road

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Friday Favorite

First, good luck to Robert this morning on his AL Real Estate Sales Person Licensing exam!! He’s on his way to being a bona-fide commercial broker. You’ll do great, Robert!

Second, Do you guys read Darby’s blog? She hasn’t been posting as much lately but I always enjoy seeing pictures of her cute kids when she does. Also, if we ever build a new house, her sister Erika from Urban Grace Interiors will definitely be decorating the whole place!

Darby started a cute line of t-shirts called Honey Bee Tees that she sells online and I ordered two for Maxwell. Darby draws all of the designs and gets them printed onto high-quality tees. I’ve loved them so much I decided to make them this week’s Friday Favorite.

We went for the dump truck…

and the fire engine. No surprise there, right?!

Maxwell is 19 months and we got the size 2. They fit perfectly with room to grow over the summer.

I love how these tees are just cute enough but not too sweet.

Perfect for my sweet-as-pie, rough and tumble little boy! They are a nice, thick cotton (I think they are American Apparel tshirts) and hold up great. She also has adult tshirts and other items like tote bags and water bottles.

Warning – wearing these cute Honey Bee tees might make you just too cool for school…

🙂 Have a great weekend everyone!

See you Monday!

Superhero

We’ve had some pretty scary robberies in our neighborhood lately which doesn’t exactly make me feel safe.  Luckily the police are patrolling big time AND I’ve got superhero Maxwell at home to protect me.

Every good superhero needs arm bands, right?  My superhero is all set with his boot coozie arm bands and a shopping cart to run down the bad guys!

What more does a superhero need to save the world?  Trusty sidekicks, of course!  Nanner and Mr. Moo are riding along in the cart ready to assist when needed!

Feel at peace, dear readers.  Superhero Maxwell is out there keeping this world a safer place!  🙂

Outings

We’ve had some fun outings lately. Well, some of them have been fun. Last weekend we decided to take Maxwell with us to an early dinner at California Pizza Kitchen. Thankfully the place is very kid-friendly so no one was too bothered by his ridiculous behavior. I don’t know what got into him but he was hyped up and did not want to sit still. He didn’t want to sit in the high chair, he didn’t want to sit in the booster seat, he didn’t want to eat any food. At one point he even managed to climb onto the table. Goodness gracious. Needless to say, it wasn’t exactly a relaxing meal for me and Robert. We ended up eating in shifts – I ate while Robert took Maxwell outside and vice versa. Oh well, you win some, you lose some!

Maxwell wasn’t so sure about his first pizza…

He was sure to blow on it in case it was hot…

And then he took the one and only bite of pizza that he had all night.

I swear, I don’t get this kid. What kind of kid doesn’t want to eat pizza?? I give up.

On Sunday afternoon we took a trip to Saks. Thankfully Maxwell was much better behaved. While Robert checked out some shirts, Maxwell and I explored the handbags. He was so excited and just kept yelling Bag! Bag! Bag! at all the shelves.

He then checked out the Tory Burch selection…

and got a little sticker shock! 🙂

After that, Maxwell and I played outside while Robert checked out some clothes in another store (hmmm…why was he shopping and not me?!)

Always an adventure!

Chatty cathy

Maxwell is such a little chatty cathy these days.  He learns new words almost every day.  Some of my favorites lately…

Ky for Sky.  and he says this every time he sees or even just hears an airplane.

Sticky for anything that’s..well…sticky!

Mail Mail for mailman…and for any mailbox or white truck that he sees!

Bah for bye.  He says it to everyone and anyone that will listen whenever we leave anywhere.  Precious.

Juice..but it sounds more like joos.

Dee?  for this? When we read books, Maxwell just points at everything (mostly trucks) and says, “dee?” because he wants us to tell him what everything is.  Have I mentioned how good I am at identifying trucks now?  excavator, dump truck, backhoe loader…

No.  No is coming all. the. time.  Fortunately, I still find it ridiculously adorable when he shakes his little head and says “no” almost like a question.  Talk to me again in 2 months and I might have a different take on that!

Uh-oh.  We probably hear uh-oh more than any other sound.  Max drops a toy? Uh-oh. Maxwell throws a toy? Uh-oh. Maxwell’s juice cup leaks onto his tray? Uh-oh. Maxwell gets cracker on his shirt? Uh-oh.  Uh-oh all the time.

Ssshhhh.  Susan taught him to put his finger up to his lip and say “shhhh”.  This usually comes after tucking Nanner and Mr. Moo in for their nap in Maxwell’s crib.  The cuteness of his little 1 fingered ssshhh almost puts me over the edge.

He’s also got some pretty awesome new animal sounds – an elephant sound that kind of sounds like he’s spitting on himself and a cat meow that is a little more like “ow” but we get it.

But the best sound of all?  MaMa!!  except when it’s coming incessantly and accompanied by the never ending plea to be picked up of course.  🙂

Some funny pictures of my dude…

His chipmunk impersonation…

Being silly…

And my favorite…checkin’ himself OUT!

Man, I love that kid.  Bah!

Saturday special

Happy Monday all!  We had a great weekend and it all started off with a little special treat Saturday morning.  Instead of our usual Starbucks run and then back home, we decided to do a Starbucks run and then off to the park!  Not just any park either – but a big fun park on the other side of town. (Overton Park for those B’ham folks that are curious)

Maxwell’s treat was some pumpkin bread from Starbucks…he loved it.

starbucks pumpkin bread

My treat was a spinach, feta, egg white wrap from Starbucks.  I loved it.  Have you ever tried any of their hot breakfast sandwiches?  You should.  They’re all pretty good.

After the picnic breakfast it was time to play.  First stop?  The see-saw!  Susan and Maxwell had checked out the see-saw last week so I knew Maxwell was already a fan.

see-saw

Let me also just say that it’s not that easy to take pictures of someone see-sawing when you’re on the other end of the see-saw!  🙂

We even let Maxwell go at it alone…daredevils!

see-saw

After we were see-sawed out, Maxwell got on the big kid swing with me…

and then very clearly let me know mid-swing that he was ready to get down!

He was just ready to get to his-size swings I guess!

After the swings?  The tornado slide!

Awesome.

It was such a fun morning exploring a new park.

And in case you’re wondering if Maxwell’s boot slows him down at the park…

Let me assure you it does not!!

Have a great week!