Nine to nine

Max set two personal records today- he slept until 9am and stayed up until 9pm; the 3.5 hour nap sandwiched in between was also a nice treat.  Winter break is shaping up to be as exhausting as it is fun!

Max was dying to go ice skating.  He pleaded, "Ice skate- my turn", every time we walked by the rink.  Since they actually had skates in his size, we decided to give it a try.  As we attempted to jam his three-sock layered feet into the skates he eagerly repeated, "get them on" and "tie them".  He was excited when Aunt Arielle and I walked hand and hand with him towards the rink.  But once we hit the ice, the General had a sudden and severe change of heart.  A minute later we were back inside taking off the cutest little ice skates you ever did see.

If you're happy and you know it snap your fingers 

Kisses between baskets 

Rooting for daddy's team

Pizza and a basketball game

Dealing with winter weather 

Merry, Happy, Jolly, Jumping for Joy Christmas!

Max had a blast on Christmas!  He smiled, played, danced, and literally jumped for joy non-stop all day, so much so that he took a 3.5 hour nap and promptly walked himself upstairs to sleep at 7:20pm!  It will be tough to top the Christmas two years ago, when we brought Max home from the hospital, but this one came pretty close!

Max must have been a very good boy this year- Santa was quite generous!

Wrapping paper fight!

Chef Max at work in his new kitchen 

Max loves his new presents but his heart still belongs on the basketball court 

Christmas lunch

Playing his birthday guitar in his Christmas playhouse

Max was jumping for joy all day!

Straining to keep his eyes open to watch the last quarter of the Heat-Lakers game

24 months old!

Max is TWO! 

Last chalk board picture until next December...

Max loved his birthday/Christmas Eve dinner

Happy two year old!

Family photo

Brooks family favorite meal with our favorite birthday boy

Aunt and Uncle love the General!

Grandma Barbara and Aunt Arielle 

Shoot two for two years!

Max loves his new gui-tar!

Happy Birthday Party!

Max had two birthday parties and 200 cupcakes on his last day of being one!

Max's 2nd birthday party

Uncle Santa made another appearance at Max's birthday party!

King me!

Music time

Very serious about music time

School party!

Joy rides!

Aunt Arielle

Pa!

Warm Winter welcome

Is it really the first day of winter?  

No jacket, no hat, and a lot of fun!

Pizza party Friday!

Peek-a-boo Pawley

Max enjoyed a rousing game of peek-a-boo with Pawley by covering his face with his Yankee helmet ice cream cups.  

Basketball court

When Max came home today he went straight to the former dining room/current playroom and said "basketball court".  It sure is.

Green light

Max's new tooth brush lights up for one minute and when the minute is up- the brush goes down. Yeah right. 

Sharing

Yoga

Max had his first Flintstones vitamin tonight.  Thank goodness the container is child-proof, because it was a huge hit!

Cobra pose at gym class

Game date

Basketball game...

...and dinner. Max got a lot of laughs from Sadie and a lot of dirty looks from everyone else.

Holiday party twins

Matching outfits, unique personalities

Max spent most of the time at the party looking for Pawley. No one knows exactly why he thought Pawley (the feline) or Pawley (the stuffed animal) was there.  But if he was there, this seems like a good place to look.

Making himself at home on the couch 

Some medicine for Max, and some for Pawley 

Thirsty Thursday

Milk or water? Both!

Max wanted to go night night after school in the rocking chair