The Day After

The day after Thanksgiving I took Max to the Children's Museum to have a nice Mommy/Max day. That is after I got up early to go get an oil change, and to be honest, I enjoyed my 45 minutes by myself in the waiting room with uninterrupted iPad time...boy, do I sound like a mom now? Anyway, Max had a ton of fun, like usual, at the Children's Museum. He played so hard that after two and a half hours he looked at me and said Mamma, time to go home. I was all in for that because he wore me out at the museum.

Following lunch and nap time we hit up the doggie store (Ryan's Pet Warehouse) to get the doggies their annual treats and Max was a BIG help at the store getting all the necessary items for Madison and Izzy.

We went to dinner where Max was out of control, so it was not a relaxing dinner by any means. He is two years old and it shows when we go out to dinner. Especially lately because he has so much energy and wants to get into everything....and loves to say "Mamma, NO" and "Daddy, NO!" Oh, fun times going out to eat now!

Following dinner we went to visit Santa Claus. I started getting Max prepared to meet Santa for a few days. He was all pumped to meet Santa, sit on his lap like a big boy and tell him that he wants a blue race car for Christmas...that was until we approached Santa. That's when I realized I would be joining him, yet again, for a sit on Santa's bench. I talked him into even approaching Santa's bench by telling him I would tell Santa for him that he wants a blue race car if he will just sit down and smile for the camera. That did it, but as we got closer to Santa Max announces that he wants a blue race car and to get his mommy a red race car and his daddy a green race car. It was absolutely the cutest thing I ever saw. He didn't seem so scared anymore, but more excited to tell Santa about the blue race car that he wants. They talked about Lightning McQueen and the movie Cars and that eased all of Max's fears because Santa knows about Cars too.  And, Max does what Max does best, he poses without a smile on his face...more of the blue steel look if you ask me.