Sticker shock

Daddy's biggest fan

Max went to his first full Varsity basketball game tonight.  The game and Max were full of excitement, but despite an awesome effort by the team, Oakton did not win.  Max, however, made it through the whole game, and stayed up until a record-breaking 9:30pm!  

"Hi, Daddy!!!!!!!!!!"

Max just found out he was going to see "daddy coaching"

Special delivery

Max got a Valentine surprise from Aunt Arielle; she knows how much he loves his mail!

Nope- not a snack.

Family man

A night on the town with Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle

Ch ch ch chia

Max tried to bite the ears off of his first pet- Chia Mickey

Big car

Little car

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!