Body slam boy

Max loves to rough house.

Gamma!

Pitching practice 

Pa!

Spring Break: New York

Despite going to bed under much duress last night, Max woke up in an especially good mood at Grandma and Pa's house.    He enjoyed playing basketball, building towers, and seeing Grandma B, Uncle Jordan, aunts, and cousins.  Max also made matzo brei using an innovative technique- breaking the matzo using his mouth.  Delicious! 

With so much to do (and Kit-Kats to eat), Max could not find time to nap, so hopefully he makes up for that tonight.  No doubt he will be dreaming about all the fun he will have this week.

I'm at Grandma's house!

Do you think Max loves his Pawley chair?

All aboard

Max took the express train to New York.  He was quite excited to be on a choo choo train, so excited that he had a tough time remaining in his seat and refraining from singing at the top of his lungs.  At one point the conductor reprimanded him (only after a desperate mom's plea).  Max thought it was so cool- he got even more excited and kept asking for her to come back.   

Giant Pawley

Max went to the Hughes Middle vs. Herndon Middle basketball game tonight.  Not only did he love being at a game, but he loved the Hughes mascot, a giant Panther, even more.  He thought it was Pawley and could hardly take his eyes off the lifesize black cat. 

"I see Pawley!"

Pizza pie and hoops

Beautiful day for a wagon ride!

Monkey in the sun

Happy Birthday x 2!

Max and Sadie both had special birthdays to celebrate today- Max's daddy and Sadie's brand new baby sister, Tessa!

They loved making the pizza pie, but refused to taste it.

Hide-and-go-draw

Thanks, Ben and Jerry

Free cone day!

Can't let the cone go to waste

Washing ice cream out of my hair!

Is this really necessary?

Why?

Pizza party!

Max runs on Dunkin

Grandma and Grandpa took Max to Dunkin Donuts this morning.  As soon as the cashier saw Max stroll in, she passed on his regular order- a delicious plain bagel.

Pawley stalker

Max is obsessed with Pawley, and identifies every cat (and small dog) he sees as, "P A W L E Y!!!!!". Lately, Max has been running wild after a neighborhood cat, chasing him through the playground, and ducking under cars just to catch a glimpse of another kitty that he calls Pawley.

Pawley!!!!! 

Story time

Max woke up full of energy at 6:15am.  After he changed everyone's diapers, he read them stories.

On the go

Max and the Ansdel Court crew are always on the go!

Spring is in full swing

Not funny

It may be April Fool's Day, but Max was not joking around at school when he hit his teacher.  His behavior improved after his sentence in time-out and a stern talking to, but his temper is becoming an issue.  Is there a boot camp for toddlers?

Is Max feeling bad about his behavior?

Max likes to watch mommy go down the slide.

Try to catch me, daddy!

Jumping for joy

...and sunshine!  

Yesterday we spent the day frozen inside, watching snow and hail fall.  Just 24 hours later, Max was quite excited to run around in the sun, sans gloves, winter coat, and hat.  Hopefully Spring will stick around this time!

Max Madness

Romantic carriage ride

Max and Sadie on the merry-go-round

Suited up for game day!

Max took off his diaper and gave it to Pawley.  Neither of the boys are potty trained.

Bathing pool

Max likes to pretend that the bath is a pool; he practices swimming by kicking his legs and dunking his face under water. 

"Kick, kick, kick.  Look I'm swimming!"

Say "ah"

For ice cream!

Silly sick day

Max was home sick today, but you would never know from his energy, appetite, and giggles.  He was even happy at the doctor's office and immediately came home to replicate his exam on Pawley.  Dr. Max also discovered the best medicine is being naked!  He stripped down to bear bones for basketball, cooking, and painting.

Old toy, new fun

Max still has fun playing with the first toy we ever bought him.  We got this piano toy before he was even born, but over two years later, he likes it even more.

Max likes to play hide and go seek, but instead of closing his eyes and counting to ten, he covers his face and does laps around the house.

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!