I had our little playgroup over here on Tuesday.  It was a gorgeous, sunny 65 degree day (in January!!) and we had so much fun playing outside.  Then Maxwell fell off the stairs and hit the brick patio head first…hard.  Not so much fun.  He was fine after a while but he’s got a good strawberry on his noggin!  Ouch!

But, things are once again right in his world because the Alagasco truck came back for a visit yesterday and he was in truck-watching heaven…

Oh, to be a little boy! *please also note the short sleeves.  70 degrees yesterday!!

And now, time to clean off the ole iphone…

I need to start using the cool Hipstamatic or Instagram app or something.  What camera apps do you have that you like?  Suggestions?  I do really like the self-portrait feature of the new iphone…it can make for some funny pics…

Now that’s a close-up!  See you tomorrow!

I can BEAR-ly stand it!!

Yep, I really just wrote that!  That’s ok, I own my corny jokes.

As I said on Facebook, this shirt is an ode to my high school mascot, the Bruins.  (um, not really. but it does look like the bear we used so why not?)

ps – like the shirt? I made it!  Crafty McCrafterson here.

pps – would anyone like to know how I made it? Would that be something you’d like to see in the (not so)FAQ’s? If so, let me know in the comments!

Happy Monday everyone!  We had a good weekend and Maxwell even got to go to a birthday party on Saturday for his buddy Anne’s 2nd birthday.  The party was at the local gymnastics place and let’s just say that I think I’ll be signing him up for some gymnastics lessons soon!  What a fun place for a party – the kids got to run around, jump on anything they wanted and even play in the foam pit.  2 year old heaven!

Maxwell wasted no time getting busy….

There was fun stuff to climb on all around…

He looks like a natural, huh? You know, I just thought of this.  Maxwell’s grandmother is named Mary Lou and the greatest gymnast of all time is also named Mary Lou…coincidence?  Or a sign that Maxwell is destined to be a famed gymnast??  Stranger things have happened!

Foam pit = awesome.

After the kiddos were all jumped out, it was time to celebrate the birthday girl with cupcakes and juice.  Maxwell had his first experience with a juice box and it went better than expected…

He then got a big red cupcake…

and before I could even say bib, he had that thing in his mouth…

No surprise there considering his history with cake.  Maxwell clearly enjoyed the cupcake and the red icing…

While Maxwell was pretty messy, his friend Davis next to him on the right took the cake…literally.  His cupcake landed in his lap icing side down and there was red icing everywhere!  So wish I had gotten a better picture of him.  Oh well, nothing a few (dozen) wet wipes and some Shout can’t take care of!  Love these messy boys!

It was a fun party all around!!