Perfect place for a snack break
Snot bubbles never looked so cute
October 23, 2014
October 22, 2014
Sick day (but not really)
Max came home from school with a temperature yesterday, and since he did not seem 100% this morning, he stayed home. We visited the doctor, just to be on the safe side, and endured a trying strep test (which came back negative!), but essentially Max took a mid-week stay-cation.
This afternoon, Max went to Babies R Us to pick out a present for the baby-to-be. As expected, most of the present-hunt was for himself. Once mommy narrowed down the selection, and Max stopped hugging every stuffed animal and shirking, "Pawley!", he wound up with a giraffe for the baby and Daniel Tiger toy (from the "Pawley Show") for himself. Unfortunately, after slapping his "mom" (a term he got from Daniel Tiger) across the face for not having enough quarters for the car ride in the store, his toy had to be taken away. He can get it back tomorrow...if he stays in bed tonight.
Dress...
up day!
It's like Disneyland, but for a penny!
Strep test over- thank goodness!
October 21, 2014
An apple a day...
...does not really keep the doctor away. Max came home sick this afternoon. Again. But we won't give up on apples just yet. In fact the apple pictured below gave Max a burst of energy and an infusion of humor. During bedtime he was especially precocious in his procrastination technique and spent 15 minutes asking mommy, "Do you like...
my pillow, the basketball on my pillow, this baseball on my pillow, my white blankey, my big blankey, my dinosaur, Pawley, my letters (on the wall), my chair, my cup, my pjs, my door, my floor, Goodnight Moon, powder, lotion, and so on...
His expression was so genuinely inquisitive each and every time he asked a question; it was impossible to keep a straight face. So I didn't.
PJs, Curious George, and an apple at 5:00pm.
Max also asked to touch the baby. When he felt him/her kick he said, "The baby kicked a soccer ball!" That would explain why Mommy's belly is so huge! There is a baby AND a soccer ball in there!
October 20, 2014
Prized new pal
Max is already learning that life is a game of give and take. He gives into wearing a jacket [on this 40 degree morning] and he gets to take his new dinosaur to school. Max grew quickly attached to his new pal, "Green", the dinosaur, that he won at the fall festival yesterday. Not exactly a top of the line prize, mommy was sewing up a few of Green's wounds at 6:30am.
October 19, 2014
Fall Festival at the Farm
Max loves to visit the animals at Frying Pan Farm any day of the week, but a tractor ride and carnival games (and prizes!!) made it an extra special treat on this gorgeous Fall day.
"We're on the way, we're on the way, on the way to Grandpa's farm.."
Max is on the fence about sharing his baby clothes with his future brother or sister. At least if he gets a sister, he will not have to share these football pjs.
October 18, 2014
Caps for Sale
Fun times at Target! Which one did Max go home with?
October 17, 2014
Good until the last drop
Max woke up with a cold and said he needed medicine. He was a pretty happy fella despite, the stuffed nose.
October 16, 2014
Required reading
Max especially liked [and re-enacted] the pages with the doctors.
Fully in action by 6:00am- daylight not required.
5:50am- NBA Pre-season highlights on the news
October 15, 2014
Balloon Pawley
Max was happy to see "Balloon Pawley", at 5:50am this morning, especially since a few of his other items are temporarily removed from his toy inventory.
October 14, 2014
Flu shot fluke
At 8:00pm it is dark out, Max is rubbing his eyes, and it is time for bed. Except that it is not. Max got his two prize possessions taken away last night due to nighttime shenanigans. In order to earn them back, he had to stay in his room. Sleep not required. Luckily for him, the night of his punishment coincided with his flu shot. The shot put him right to sleep and he happily awoke at 6:00am, marched into mommy and daddy's room, and rightfully so, demanded his items. Unfortunately the flu shot coma wore off, and 14 hours later the toys were once again remanded to parental custody. Over 15 hours later, at 9:15pm, we are running out of things to take away, but Max is not running out of willpower.
"I got my toys back!" (Not for long...)
Let's go to the video tape
October 13, 2014
Family flu shot day
We all got flu shots to celebrate the day off from school- better safe, than sick!
Max took the shot pretty well, but complained after that his leg hurt. Aside from some soreness, he is fine, but despises bandaids; the mere site of one on him or someone else makes him recoil dramatically in pain.
In addition to keeping Max healthy, the flu shot-induced sore leg also kept Max in bed, for only the second time in six weeks. He may go back for a booster tomorrow.
October 12, 2014
Serving it up
Max has repeatedly said, "I need a tennis racket," only to be told by Mommy and Daddy that he can get one when he stays in his bed (or just his room) at bedtime. Generous Uncle Jordan was not aware of these terms, so when he took Max to Target and let him pick something out, the General came home with a racket. He proudly announced to Mommy first thing this morning, "Mommy, I got a tennis racket because I was a good boy and I stayed in my bed." Unfortunately only the first half of that statement was true. He did not stay in his bed, or his room, but he is really good at tennis.
Uncle also won Max a "balloon Pawley" at Oktoberfest at the Town Center
October 11, 2014
Max loves birthdays
Throughout the day Max said, with a huge smile, "It's your birthday today, Mommy!" The sweetest boy, with a sweet tooth, just like Mommy. Yet not as tired. On the way home from dinner, Max announced, "I'm not going to sleep". And the General always means what he says.
Max was ready to start the birthday party at 5:20am
Birthday bagel party
Max loves listening to Miss Nell play guitar at Tot Shabbat
October 10, 2014
October 9, 2014
Pee-eww
Pee-eww! Skunks (in the song) are stinky!
Baby practice! Max had dinner with the new baby on the block, Audrey. He loved eating strands of spaghetti with his hands and he liked Audrey a lot, too.
October 8, 2014
October 7, 2014
Field trip!
Max went on his very first field trip today. He had a great time playing with all of his friends from school at the Burke Nursery Fall Festival. It is tough to say what his favorite part was; from the "tractor ride" (hayride) to the huge, super-fast slide and the Pawley slide, he loved it all, especially since he got to enjoy it all with his friends (of course mommy was there, too).
Practicing with two in the car.
Max was so excited to ride in the car with baby Iris!
When Max saw his brown bag lunch for the field trip he thought it was from the bagel store. Even though it was just a plain old peanut butter sandwich from home, he was so excited that he insisted on eating it on the way to school.
...and the bedtime antics continue...9:30 pm
October 6, 2014
It's Fall, Max!
No one ever wants summer to end, but Max is especially resistant to Fall. Not so much the season, as the apparel. He simply insists on wearing shorts and refuses to wear a jacket, because, "I want to see my shirt". Yesterday he took off his pants on the basketball court at Oakton, claiming it was impossible to play in pants. He was persuaded into a track suit this morning, only after it was pointed out that it had the same Air Jordan logo as "the boy's" (Derek Jeter's nephew) vest. Max knows what he wants. And what he doesn't (ie: to stay in bed at 9pm).
How handsome does Max look in this outfit?
Jersey night at Chickfila = fun night and free sandwiches
October 5, 2014
Maxxinista
Sundays are anything but lazy for Max. From swim lessons and playing every sport imaginable at Oakton in the morning, to a date with Sadie in the afternoon, Max was nonstop today. He even enjoyed an excursion to TJ Maxx, where the paraded around the store in a little shopping cart that was almost as cute as him.
Attempts to prepare Max for his sibling are underway, and based on his recent behavior, definitely necessary. It seems the General is already a little jealous of the new addition. Under no uncertain circumstances is mommy allowed to hold another baby. When he saw Sadie's baby sister, Tessa, at the playground he said, "Mommy don't hold Tessa," but that cold remark was followed by one of his sweetest- "Mommy, when can I bring my baby?"
In six weeks, Max!!
P.S.- Max says it's a girl. Mommy and daddy still don't know. Really- we have no clue.
Max the Maxxinista
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| Max's first reaction to this picture was to smack the screen and say, "I don't like him!". He thinks it's the new baby. When he finally understood it was a picture of him as a baby, he said with a smile, "I look the same!". |
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