Valentine's love

Max had a lot to love this Valentine's Day!  He had yet another snow day off from school, a trip to Kidz Plaza (which may be the greatest play place so far!), a balloon-filled, cupcake and chocolate covered strawberry birthday party, and of course, tons of hugs for Pawley and kisses from mommy and daddy!

Max and his Valentine relaxing and getting a foot massage 

Shovel me out of this house already!

Max loved the ball pit and slide

Racing through the obstacle course

Max picked up some ladies on the trampoline to play 'Ring Around the Rosie' 

Blowing up some balloons for Gracie's first birthday party

Happy Birthday, Gracie!

Snowed in!

"Hi snowman" 

Max et al were to cold to go outside but enjoyed the view from the warm kitchen window

Watching film with Plawley.  Max moved Pawley's chair next to him because "Pawley can't see"

Yummy!

Trying to make elephant noises! 

Opposite night

Max was so hilarious tonight.  As per his new usual, he had no interest in dinner, however he was obsessed with taking a bath.  He hopped up from the table, marched upstairs, and ran his bath.  But he did have a change of heart and came down in his pjs for dinner.  Based on the weather forecast he will be eating all of his meals in pjs tomorrow! 

"I like fire truck"

Proudly looking at his completed puzzle.  Mommy likes it, too!

"I like school"

Max said, "I like school", in the car this morning; music to a mom's ears!  But since Max LOVES basketball we went to a game after school. 

Bleacher-cam 

SadieTime

FaceTime with Sadie for dinner

Max refused two dinners, hung from the refrigerator handles, and slid down to the floor, where he lay until he watched a video of Sadie.  That got him back to the table, but he did not eat.  He called Sadie. But he did stop crying.

Getting cozy

Nothing beats curling up with a good book and a good friend 

Watching the Syracuse game 

Another power walk for Max and his gator; plenty of energy after a two hour nap.  On daddy.

Multitasking. And the shot was good!

 Those molars are a killer- better get medicated before bed!

Monkey Max

Max had a blast at Monkey Joes- a savior for stir crazy kids in a never ending winter.  He jumped, drummed, dunked, and, when he ran out of tokens, watched other kids dunk.  

Morning selfie! 

Running on fumes (ie: no nap) with his gator 

Max likes to brush his hair when the song says to brush the pony's coat.  He also likes to ride the pony all over the house.

Full House!

Private concert 

Two is cosy, but three in the car is too many.

Dinner date

Friday night Max-mommy date 

After a week of suddenly hating the shower or bath,  Max finally had some fun! 

Butcher

Max had the ideal role in helping to prepare dinner tonight.  He merrily pounded the pork tenderloin, while we sang one of his favorite bedtime songs, "If I Had a Hammer".  Unfortunately he absolutely refused to taste it.  

"Pawley hit me"

Max hits himself with Pawley's paw and then tattles on him for hitting. 

Max dumped food out the refrigerator in search for "daddy's cup".  Guess we are out of beer; thanks for the heads up, Max.

Only one person was happy that Max woke up at 6:30am (after being awake for an hour in the middle of the night).  You're looking at him.

Window, mommy

Max pointed out all of the windows in the house and than climbed in the window of his playhouse.  

Very serious 

Bye Pawley

Max learned how to drive in reverse.  Next lesson- parallel parking. 

Max wanted to play sleepys and he "shhhhhed" [imaginary?] people to go back to sleep.  Ironically, he refused to go to real sleepys tonight and is currently  drinking a cup of water in his crib.  Anything to keep him from climbing out! 

Chores

Max opted out of his high chair tonight.  He walked up to the table, slid his Sesame Street placemat in front of David's chair, pointed to another chair and said, "daddy sit".   The General also took some orders tonight- he cleared the placemats off the table after dinner.  First chore- a success!

Big boy seat with a big boy plate! 

"Here mommy"

Super Basketball Sunday

Despite the groundhog's gloomy, but not terribly surprising, winter prediction, the temperatures today were perfect for an outdoor playdate.  We met Sadie at a school playground and Max immediately started screaming "basketball game", yet ran away from the hoops. It was confusing until he ran towards the school and tried to go inside.  He continued to say "basketball game" because he thought there was one going on inside.  Luckily, Sadie's dad was nice [and tall] enough to hoist the kids up so they could take turns making baskets.  Even luckier- Max and Sadie did a great job taking turns!  But when Max heard "one more time" he took the ball and ran.  Uh oh.

We stopped at Trader Joes on the way home and when we left the store it was much darker then when we got there.  When we walked outside Max said, "light all gone".  It was the first time he seemed to notice (or at least verbalize) night time.  Max also met the moon for the first time tonight.  He said "moon up" and looked for it through the car window the whole way home.  "Hi moon", he said one minute, "moon all gone", the next.  And before we walked in the house he said, "goodnight moon".  What a great book.  What a great kid.

"Look tower Mommy"

Max was enjoying his peanut butter sandwich and yogurt until something else caught his eye.

"Birthday candle?!." (because all cupcakes or muffins are in honor of someone's birthday)

Max asked to put his sleep sack on for nap.  He slept for three hours and woke up happy.  Maybe he should wear it all day?

"Too high"