The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

The park

The nice thing about hosting Thanksgiving at our house was that we then had all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday to hang out as a family of 3 at home.  It sure was nice not to travel!  We got lots of good Maxwell time in, including a couple of trips to the park.  I know I mentioned that the slide has overtaken the swings as his favorite and, that’s still true,  BUT the swings can still make my buddy smile…

swings

The higher he went, the more he laughed!

swings

swings

swings

And then this happened…a swinging double high five for Dad.  The next two pictures might be the cutest thing I’ve ever seen in my entire life.

Are you dying?!  The approach and then the high five!  I can’t believe I caught it with my camera.  It’s pictures like these that make it all worth it.

Tomorrow – slide pictures!  I know you can hardly wait!

Thanksgiving recap

Welcome back everyone!  Hope you all had a lovely holiday.  We had a great Thanksgiving…even if it was a small crowd.  Robert’s parents, Granddad and Lou Lou, came over for the day and I cooked us a Thanksgiving feast.  It was my first time to make all of my mom’s traditional Thanksgiving foods and I think everything turned out delicioso!…but I guess you’ll have to ask Robert, Lou Lou and Granddad if that’s really true!  🙂

Just as I thought it would, Maxwell and Susan’s little turkey made a great centerpiece!

While I was pretty proud of all the food I made, I think I was most proud of the homemade rolls (my mom’s rolls are a bit legendary in our house)…

and the pecan pie with handmade pie crust…

Yum!  I’m stuffed again just looking at it!

Maxwell was a peach all day and even took 2 naps for us.  While he was just as happy as could be, he clearly wasn’t into having his photo taken…

Solemn face #1…

Solemn face #2…

Solemn face #3…

And solemn face #4 with cousin Liz who stopped by….

I think he just didn’t want to have to stop playing to “say cheese!”  We got plenty of smiles after lunch though when he took his lawnmower outside to do a little work…

Fun times up and down and up and down the driveway!

It was a very happy Thanksgiving!

Stuffed

We had a fantastic Thanksgiving. I made all of my mom’s recipes and they turned out great, if I do say so myself. Full Thanksgiving coverage to come but, right now, I’m too full to type.  Enjoy some more hat pics and we’ll see you Monday!

Thanksgiving

Seeing as this is my 33rd Thanksgiving, I thought I’d list 33 things that I’m thankful for. Some serious, some not so serious, all true.

In no particular order….

1. Robert. especially when he empties the dishwasher.

2. My whole family. Law and in-law.

3. Susan. Susan. Susan.

4. Starbucks Via Iced Coffee.

5. Picking Maxwell up from school. Possibly my favorite thing to do in the world.

6. Adele

7. Working from home.

8. Pacimals. Especially Nanner and Mr. Moo.

9. My camera.

10. My iphone. Especially the video camera on my iphone.

11. Old Navy’s baby boy clothes.

12. Southwest Airlines.

13. Rise Vitamin Water Zero.

14. The way my mom is always excited to hear my voice on the phone even though I call her every day…sometimes several times a day.

15. My trainer Geno. Who is moving to Chicago this weekend. sad.

16. A great year-end review at work.

17. Friends. old and new.

18. YoBaby Yogurt.

19. The tot lot that is in walking distance to our house.

20. An internet savvy Susu who reads this every day.

21. The life example my Dad has set.

22. Maxwell’s belly laugh, eye lashes and dimples.

23. Our flat backyard.

24. This bloggy blog and how it’s recording Maxwell’s life.

25. My mom’s Thanksgiving recipes.

26. Certain work colleagues that are like friends.

27. Words With Friends.

28. Our church.

29. My bunco group.

30. My health.

31. My strength. Especially my guns developed by the aforementioned Geno. 🙂

32. My life.

33. My baby.

I have so much to be thankful for, big and small. Today I’m going to spend it doing just that. Being thankful.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Gobble Gobble

Who’s ready for Thanksgiving?  We are!  Well…we will be after I make the turkey, dressing, sweet potatoes and pie!  To get everyone in the spirt I’ve got some turkey pics today.

First up, Maxwell’s turkey outfit…

Unfortunately he was much more interested in playing with his Little People man than showing off the feathered friend on his chest…

Not to worry, I’ll get another chance to photograph it on Thanksgiving day!

Next up?  Maxwell’s awesome turkey that he made at schoool…

I especially like how the eyes are more than a little askew and the legs are not at all aligned with the head.  My little Picasso!  I’m also just going to guess that he had a LOT of help with making that!  🙂

*side note – google the word askew.  Funny, huh?

Finally, here’s the AWESOME turkey that Maxwell and Susan made.  She’s so crafty…

craft turkey

craft turkey

Maxwell is very proud of this little guy.  It’s been sitting on our mantle for the past two weeks and whenever we ask him where the turkey is he points and smiles!

I’m thinking this little turkey is going to make a great centerpiece on our Thanksgiving table tomorrow!  Gobble Gobble!