Frost bite on the playground

It was absolutely freezing outside, but Max insisted on going to the playground. Mittens crossed that it does not snow again tomorrow! 

These two are bananas for each other 

The rounded edge tastes better

Everybody!

Max loves "everybody" on Sesame Street; he races through his Elmo game just to get a peak at the whole gang all together.

Another reason Max loves the Elmo game- the moon makes an appearance, too.

Gator babies

Max and his fellow Gator fans, Jake and Kate, went to see a show at the Puppet Company.  A good time (and great behavior!) was had by all, everyone was home in time to see the Gators win!

These kids have orange and blue blood!

Bye, bye bear

Max and Jake

Catch, daddy!

Max woke up at 6:40am so in an attempt to get some more sleep we brought him into our bed.  Usually that only wakes him up more, but this morning it bought us two more hours of sleep!

Side by side

Max kept one side of the double stroller warm for Sadie's soon-to-be-arriving baby sister.

It looks like Spring!

...but it does not feel like it.

After changing Pawley's diaper a few times this morning, Max decided his furry pal was ready to be potty trained, so he dumped him right in the bowl

Colors!

Max worked on learning colors today and showed off his knowledge after school by naming the colors of crayons and fruit snacks.

 

Potty hijack

Max kicked his daddy off the toilet so that he could go pee pee [all over the floor].  Boys!

Men at work

Max and Daddy hard at work on the 11th snow day of the school year

No one rocks sunglasses better than Max

Singing and skating!

Max on wheels

Despite lack of rest, Max did a great job on his new skates today.  He initially thought they were ice skates, and since our attempt on the ice rink went as well as nap today, his excitement was surprising.  Once his feet were locked and loaded and his knee pads firmly secured, he collapsed like jello on the wood floor. And he loved it!  Once he was on the foam mat and carpeted basement he did great and rolled around like a pro.

Max is still obsessed with the moon.  Case and point- he was uncharacteristically calm while his nails were being clipped tonight.  He was fixated on his nail clippings, because they look like the moon.

Post-no-nap shenanigans 

Instead of napping this afternoon, Max tore pages out of The Little Engine that Could, and emptied his diaper drawer in order to change Pawley's diaper a few dozen times.  Damaging the book was silly because that only shortened his favorite bedtime story.  The diaper fixation is hypocritical because Max hates getting his diaper changed, so why would Pawley want his changed so many times?  He probably wasn't even dirty.

Aviators

Rocking, rolling and dancing down the street in his stylish sunglasses

Max had a tough time falling asleep for nap (aka- he threw a massive temper tantrum).  He eventually climbed out of his bed and into the recliner- where he napped for over two hours.  Even more surprising- he woke up in the best post-nap-mood ever!

Morning book time 

Playground pile-up

Ansdel Court crew

Max throughly enjoyed his ice cream cone, along with bites of daddy's ice cream sundae.  The flat-bottom cone came in especially handy when Max carefully set it back down on the table in order return his attention to some chicken nugget remnants.  What a nugget!

Sweet dreams

Max had a cupcake at school yesterday to celebrate a friend's birthday.  He spoke about the cupcake nonstop after school and he must have dreamt about it, too.  The very first words out of Max's mouth this morning (with his eyes still closed and the lights off) were, "I want a cupcake".

Max inherited his mommy's sweet tooth so we made "cupcakes" (peanut butter muffins) after school. 

Basketball and signing (at the same time) are the best ways to burn off energy (and cupcakes).

Fitness is fun!

Max went to the Fitness Fair at "mommy's school" tonight.  Although he was convinced we were there to see a basketball game, he was happy with the [stress] football, jump rope/headband/necklace, smoothies and Sadie.

Seize the daylight!

Today was the most beautiful and comfortable weather day of 2014 and Max took full advantage of it.

Cashing in on daylight saving

After months of cold, dark, icy nights, Max enjoyed playing in the sunshine until well after six o'clock.  

Nothing is better then being greeted at the door by the happiest General!

Winter water land

Hopefully the warm weather this weekend is a sign that Spring is near, but Max is ready for summer! Since there are still many months until our neighbor pool is open (or warm) we went to Cub Run Recreation Center and had a blast in the indoor pool and on the water slide.

Max couldn't wait to get into the pool!

Indoor water park for Max-sized fish

Water slide!

Max loves Sadie

Sadie loves Max

Max was jumping for joy when Sadie came over to play! 

"No, I do it"

Preparing his peanut butter sandwich (under close supervision)

Max insisted on "cleaning the snow" this morning with Pa, but thanks to the sun today it all melted.