Fun Photos

"Just playing a little golf while I work on my swing...no big deal!"

Shooting some hoops!

Playing with his wagon. His toy that he pulls around with him everywhere. He fills it with balls and cars and takes them on tours of the backyard.

Playing with his best friends, Izzy and Madison.

Cute pictures of Max on the slide.

Crazy Saturday

This past Saturday was a crazy day with lots to do. We were on the go from the time I woke up. I started with an early morning workout session. Then we drove south to look at another house, but it was a fail. The living room was smaller than the one we already have...no bueno! We headed home on our long journey north. We were hoping the big man would nap for 40 minutes, but he didn't. We got home and packed up the house to head to the Montelucia to see our good friends who were in town. While on our way over, we realized Max did not take a nap so we knew we would pay for it. Or, at least we assumed so.

We hung out at the pool while a cabana filled with a bachelorette party was whooping it up behind us. They were doing shots and popping champagne. If that didn't make me feel old, I don't know what will. During this time, Max was pretty crabby because he was tired. He just kept burying his head into me while trying to take a nap. He does not snuggle like this anymore at all so I soaked up every second of it. I had to pee, but I did not care. I was getting mommy snuggle time. The last time he did this, he was a baby. It melted my heart.

Max slept for an hour and a half while we all chatted by the pool. Max woke up a new man and was ready to rock. We headed to dinner at the resort which is not super toddler friendly...ok, not toddler friendly at all, but we made it work.

He got mac 'n cheese for dinner.

And he played with his veggies.

It was a great day seeing our good friends hanging out by the pool. 

Kitchen Helper

I have blogged before about how much Maxim is a big fan of the kitchen. He always wants to watch what is being made and he wants to help when he can. We would hold him so he could see what's going on, but this started to get tiresome as he keeps growing. Recently I purchased a kitchen helper for him so he can safely watch and help when he can. This is a hot item because everywhere I tried to order one it was always back ordered for months. I am not interested in waiting that long so I finally settled on whatever I could get. It wasn't my first choice but it gets the job done, and that's all that matters.

Daddy put this together last Friday, and of course Max wanted to help. He also climbed on this thing before it was fully assembled and he was giggling with happiness. 

He pushes this thing all around the kitchen to do and get what he needs. We had to put the kitchen knives away instead of having them on the counter. No matter how many times I told him not to grab the knives, he did not listen so they had to go. 

He loves his new contraption. I hate the size of this thing because it's not like we have tons of room, but it does help with Max being able to wash his hands and "help" with cooking. He also loves to use this stand to give himself easy access to the nanas...aka bananas.

We are teaching him about the stove being hot and why it's important that he doesn't touch it. He understands and listens to that, but not the knives. Go figure!

Happy Mother's Day

I hope all my family and friends had a fantastic Mother's Day because you deserve it. I know my day/weekend was perfect for me. 

I kicked off the weekend with a few of my close friends for a day at the spa. It's our annual get together that we do. I had a much needed back massage...can I say amazing!?! Following the spa services we hit up lunch and then hung out by the pool for girl/mom chat.

This morning I woke and Max brought me a present. It was a Kendra Scott necklace that he picked out by himself. He told daddy "I like that one." That just melted my heart. 

The card had his hand print on it. Andy and Max experimented with finger paint on Friday. I guess Max had blue finger paint all over himself and it was quite the mess to clean up...so I am told. Following my gift, we headed to breakfast and then Max's favorite place, the train park. He just loves this place and I love taking him there to see his face light up like a Christmas tree every single time. This time we spent time on the playground since it wasn't packed full of bigger kids and this was the first time that happened.

A family selfie while we waited for the train to take off.

We then spent the afternoon playing in the backyard. Max was having a ton of fun playing with the doggies and he sat on them and wanted to go for a ride. Uhm...no. He's tried this before and we have to keep telling him that he cannot ride the doggies. This time we let him long enough for a picture because Izzy really doesn't care. 

They finished off the day with a home cooked meal made with love. Max even "helped" make the twice baked potatoes. It was a great Mother's Day and exactly what I wanted. I got a beautiful necklace that was hand picked by my handsome little man and I had a fun family day with my two favorite guys!

Public Meltdown

On Saturday we decided to take Max to get a haircut. This would be his third haircut and he needed it really bad as his head was starting to look a little shaggy. I got him in the car chair at the salon and so far he was good. Then the lady put the cape around his neck and all hell broke lose. We took the cape off, but that didn't stop the meltdown. We moved to a bigger chair for Max to sit on my lap during his haircut, but he wanted daddy. We switched seats. Didn't matter. He was screaming the whole time. The lady was awesome. I have no idea how she was able to cut his hair. He was screaming, flailing his arms in the air, tears streaming down his face and full on boogers pouring out of his nose. This was Maxim's first public meltdown and he had an audience. I didn't care though. I just kept trying to help calm him down, but he wanted to have nothing to do with getting his hair cut.

I was shocked because he was pretty good the last two times we went. The lady told me this was pretty normal between the second and fifth visit. Uhm ok! She also told me to expect it again the next visit and possibly the one after that. Great! I can't wait until his next haircut.

After the traumatic (it might have been more traumatic for Andy and I) haircut experience we went home and turned our living room into a big fort. Isn't that what you do after your kid has a complete public meltdown for 20 minutes over getting his haircut? Well, that's what we did.

Max loved the fort in the living room. We left it up for a good hour while it entertained the now very happy little boy!

I had him all dressed in his Polo sear sucker shorts with a Polo shirt for the Kentucky Derby, but after the fun times at the salon he was left with just the shorts for the occasion. Max loved the Derby! He kept pointing to the TV and giggling at the "horsies." I think that sport is right up his alley. It contains animals and lasts just as long as his attention span. It's a perfect sport for this active toddler.

Friday Night Fun

Following swim lessons (which are still only so-so) we headed home and Max decided to be cute under the cat tree. Of course he had his blankie with him. Grandma V made this for him before he was born and he is obsessed with it. 

One of Max's Christmas presents arrived from Grandma S and Grandpa T, so Andy decided to put it together with his little helper. I was in charge of the decals while Andy and Max assembled everything else. Max was so cute during this activity with how helpful he wanted to be.

Once it was all assembled the grill was a big hit. Max loves it and now he can be just like daddy and grill. We have already spent time having Max "grill" us food.