23 months old!

How is Max almost two years old?!

Happy to be in the gym and allowed to play!

Practice 

Study break

Big foot

Excited to see daddy at the basketball game.  Not so excited that daddy was coaching instead of playing with him, so we had to cut the outing short. 

Mail call

Max gets so excited to check the mail everyday after school.  When he lifts the lid and sees envelopes inside, he screams "mail, mail, mail" and pulls everything out.  Today he grew highly attached to the phone bill and insisted on coloring it.  But not paying it.

Pack

Max brought his "pack" to school today. He loves his empty, yet fashionable academic accessory.   

"My pack" 

Will Max stay in his crib tonight?  He seems calm, so it shouldn't be a problem.

Jail bird

Max climbed out of his crib tonight- another milestone to wreak havoc on an already fragile sleep situation.  For the past couple of weeks he has been waking up once or twice a night.  We think the poor guy is having nightmares because he wakes up screaming and takes quite a while to calm down.  It's a flash back to infant/post-surgery days.  And that was within the confines of his crib.  But now that his escape has been hatched and successfully executed,  it may prove difficult to extend his bedtime behind bars much longer.  

Was Max practicing for tonight's big escape?

Max likes to play "make believe sleep", complete with fake snoring, in the guest bed.  Is he trying to tell us something?

What's so funny?

I don't know what Max is laughing at....

...but I'm laughing at this.

Thank goodness for...

Yankee blankey!

[Accidental?] tableau

Helping with the yard work

Max's latest obsession is "paste".  His breath smells great, but it's probably a terrible idea.

One of those days

Colorful

Max asked to color and wound up drawing, taking out crayons, and putting them away, for 30 minutes.  Which is almost forever in toddler time.

Padding on the playground

Catch with Timmy

Warming up for the new season

Falling back...to sleep

The adjustment to daily light savings hasn't quite happened yet.

6:30pm

6:00pm 

Yes!

Max loves to say "NO", but lately, when faced with important questions such as, "Do you want a snack?", he says "uh huh".  Truth be told, I don't know how to spell what he is really saying, but it definitely means YES!

Big time 

"Do you want some ice cold soup since you can't wait 20 seconds to have it heated?"

"Uh huh!"

Sunny

Could not make it through gym class without a snack break.

The silliest Saturday

Getting a head start on Christmas shopping

Ready for nap

Party in the foam pit at Justin's birthday 

Chilly

Golf has never been so physical

Handful...

...of crayons

...of basketballs

Election night

Crazy for cookies

(don't tell Max they are made with pumpkin and quinoa)

Nutty at Trader Joes

Max is like traveling [with his mouth full] comedy show.  He is running, hungry, and funny most of the day.  This afternoon he cracked himself up while he filled his belly at Trader Joes.  And tonight he was very, very, sweet, as he hummed along while I sung him Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.  He was probably trying to drown out my terrible voice, which is great, because I would much prefer to hear his.

Potty?

We are not trying to potty train Max right now, but he will occasionally sit on on a potty seat [when he brushes his teeth]. Tonight, after dinner, I randomly said, "Max- go to the bathroom to potty".  He walked straight to the bathroom, put the potty seat on the toilet, and literally tried to climb on.  After some assistance getting 'potty-ready', he actually peed.  All over me.  But he certainly had the right idea, and he is a boy, so we definitely celebrated!  

Playground pit-stop 

Playing hide-and-go-seek with his peanut butter sandwich

Teeter tottering with Sadie