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.

A Restful Weekend

Since we have been go-go-go these past five weeks with many visitors in town, we decided to lay low this weekend...sort of. On Saturday we went house shopping (yes, we are looking to move), then visited Max's future friend, baby Evan, and then picked up dinner. We were gone most of the day and a lot of go-go again, but Max held up pretty well, especially considering his nap was non-existent that day.

On Sunday we just stayed home and played with the big man. It was mid-afternoon and I realized I took no photos of Max all weekend, so we busted out the camera during sticker and coloring time to get a couple photos.

Besides this, I also got caught in the rain on the mountain. It was nap time, which means it's mommy's workout time. I put on my shoes to head to the mountain when I looked out the back door and noticed the clouds were pretty dark. Out the front door toward the mountain it was sunny and nice. So I asked my weatherman (aka Andy) if he thought it was going to rain. He checked his super star weather app that he is addicted to and told me no it's not going to rain, and his app is very reliable. So, I headed up the mountain and halfway through my hike/run it started to sprinkle and this very cold wind came blowing in. Soon it started to pour down cold rain. I was not thrilled. I was about 30 minutes from getting home. Ten minutes into getting soaked Andy texted me saying that he thinks IT IS going to rain. Great! Thanks for the heads up! As I was freezing and getting drenched on the mountain I could see Andy at home laughing about all of this. I totally wouldn't have minded if the rain was warm and there was not freezing cold (AZ cold) wind blowing through. By the time I got home I was soaked all the way through and just shivering cold. I walked through the door and Andy was on the couch trying to hold in his laughter...but then he just let it out. I told him how much his weather app sucks and it's not as accurate as he thinks it is. This mamma was not super thrilled.

Last of the Visitors

Living in Phoenix during the months of March and April warrant a lot of WI visitors. We had the last of our visitors in town recently. Following my parents departure, Grandpa T and Grandma S arrived in town. We did a lot of eating out and playing. We also hit up the favorite activity of visiting the zoo.

Max was playing peek-a-boo behind these poles with grandma S.

Here are a few photos of playing in the backyard.

Fun With Maxim

Last week I got to spend Thursday and Friday with Maxim because when you work at an accounting firm you get the day after tax day as a holiday. Plus, I have extra PTO time so it sounded like a great idea to have a four day weekend with my favorite little man. We played a lot on Thursday and hit up Target for a new toy car. We picked out Lightning McQueen and Sally from Cars and took them to the park. It was a beautiful afternoon and we had the whole park to ourselves. 

On Friday I thought it would be fun to plant a couple flowers with Max. We first headed to Home Depot to get the supplies we needed. 

We then planted the flower in a large pot in the front yard. 

Max had fun watering the pot with his toddler size watering can. 

We then headed to the backyard to plant another flower in the window sill of his house. 

This was a very fun activity for Max, but also a lot messier than I thought it would be. That's ok though because Max had a ton of fun helping plant the flowers and he enjoys watering his flowers every night with his can.