I sure love this sweet boy. I am blessed to have such a great kid! It was fun taking his pictures this time.
wild, energetic, silly 5 year old!
He loves to read
Showing posts with label 5 years old. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 5 years old. Show all posts
Friday, June 9, 2017
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Maxwell at 5 years old
All about Maxwell....
He no longer sings "little red caboose" to get his dad to come in at night when I'm tucking him in. :(
Right now, he's a big fan of pokeman (he just got his first set of cards and always wants to trade them).
He's more outgoing than he's been in the past.
He's commonly described as a sweet boy by people.
We still do "Saturday rest day" where he has to lay in bed for 20-30 minutes and then can read. And "Sunday nap day" where the expectation is that he will take a nap, but he rarely falls asleep during Sunday nap day anymore. Most of the time it ends up being a long rest followed by him calling for me and then me letting him read.
He wants to know what is for dessert nearly every night after dinner... most nights we can get away with fruit but sometimes we give in and let him have one piece of candy from his bag of Halloween candy from last year (that stuff is good forever).
He has learned to ride his bike without training wheels and had it down after a week.
He likes his hair done with a "part" lately.
He can totally get himself ready in the morning but certainly gets distracted and dallies.
Maxwell loves the show American Ninja Warrior.
He is a fantastic swimmer - - strangers worry about him when we are at pools because he bobs and looks like hes struggling but that's just how he swims (remember - he can't touch the bottom at all). He is starting to work on diving in his private lessons. He can do breaststroke, backstroke, freestyle, and butterfly.
He helps me fold towels, washcloths, his underwear and socks. He's asked to start doing his shirts and has helped hang his shirts up. He has helped me weed and plant flowers,
He's great at cleaning up his room when I ask him to do it.
He's not so good at brushing his teeth - I feel like they are so yellow so we have started brushing his teeth for him at night to make sure they are done well.
He's becoming more brotherly to his little sister (although he doesn't like her slobbery kisses).
His favorite foods are pizza and mac n cheese, doesn't like spicy food anymore. He loves Catalina dressing on salad (not ranch), still doesn't like carrots.
Maxwell still loves shoes. He would prefer to wear elastic band khaki shorts or athletic shorts and t-shirts every day - and thus I still pick out his clothes sometimes.
He's great at wearing his glasses but not great at pushing them up on his nose - - I feel like he's an old man with his readers some times.
He won't call Donna "grandma" and instead calls her "Donna".
He no longer sings "little red caboose" to get his dad to come in at night when I'm tucking him in. :(
Right now, he's a big fan of pokeman (he just got his first set of cards and always wants to trade them).
He's more outgoing than he's been in the past.
He's commonly described as a sweet boy by people.
We still do "Saturday rest day" where he has to lay in bed for 20-30 minutes and then can read. And "Sunday nap day" where the expectation is that he will take a nap, but he rarely falls asleep during Sunday nap day anymore. Most of the time it ends up being a long rest followed by him calling for me and then me letting him read.
He wants to know what is for dessert nearly every night after dinner... most nights we can get away with fruit but sometimes we give in and let him have one piece of candy from his bag of Halloween candy from last year (that stuff is good forever).
He has learned to ride his bike without training wheels and had it down after a week.
He likes his hair done with a "part" lately.
He can totally get himself ready in the morning but certainly gets distracted and dallies.
Maxwell loves the show American Ninja Warrior.
He is a fantastic swimmer - - strangers worry about him when we are at pools because he bobs and looks like hes struggling but that's just how he swims (remember - he can't touch the bottom at all). He is starting to work on diving in his private lessons. He can do breaststroke, backstroke, freestyle, and butterfly.
He helps me fold towels, washcloths, his underwear and socks. He's asked to start doing his shirts and has helped hang his shirts up. He has helped me weed and plant flowers,
He's great at cleaning up his room when I ask him to do it.
He's not so good at brushing his teeth - I feel like they are so yellow so we have started brushing his teeth for him at night to make sure they are done well.
He's becoming more brotherly to his little sister (although he doesn't like her slobbery kisses).
His favorite foods are pizza and mac n cheese, doesn't like spicy food anymore. He loves Catalina dressing on salad (not ranch), still doesn't like carrots.
Maxwell still loves shoes. He would prefer to wear elastic band khaki shorts or athletic shorts and t-shirts every day - and thus I still pick out his clothes sometimes.
He's great at wearing his glasses but not great at pushing them up on his nose - - I feel like he's an old man with his readers some times.
He won't call Donna "grandma" and instead calls her "Donna".
Friday, May 12, 2017
Maxwell's 5th Birthday Party
Maxwell loves the show American Ninja Warrior and wanted to have a Warrior Ninja party. He was REALLY excited. :) For the first time, we did a birthday party at a location other than our house.
Doing his best to get up the big warped wall (he didn't make it)
Luckshya, Maxwell, Joshua K (Maxwell calls him JK), and Preston. These boys all went to preschool together. They were really excited to be back together.
My crazy girl jumping off into the foam blocks.
Preston
Landen and Emmalyn (man - she's so tan!)
Sadie
Hayden swinging out over a foam block pit. Maxwell really wanted to do it but he just wasn't tall enough...
...So he just jumped instead.
Everyone wanted to conquer that warped wall!
This is his starting position.
Running his hardest.
Avery
Still working on that warped wall.
Preston, Maxwell, and Joshua
Emmalyn hanging out with Grandma Donna
The birthday "cake" and the party favors.
He only wanted a doughnut cake.
The food! (plus pizza)
Right before it was time to go in for the food, I went to check on Maxwell and found him on the couch with an ice pack on his ankle. Oh man, not good. Apparently he hurt it somehow but thanks to the ice pack and a gatorade (a special treat), he ended up being okay. It stinks to have anyone get injured at the party you are hosting.
All the kids - Clockwise
Preston, Maxwell, Owen, JK's brother, Avery, Hayden, Landen, Luckshya, and Joshua.
We had this huge room all to ourselves - they upgraded us for some reason. It was a great set up!
Avery and Emmalyn were good partners.
Carter and Sadie
"Happy Birthday"
He blew them all out!
He was clearly thrilled.
The whole group. They had a ton of fun and were worn out!
Silly faces
The party was a great success.
At home we let him open his presents.
Love this sweet, smart, funny, observant, handsome boy!
Legos!
Transformer toys
Water guns are always fun
An Uno twist game
So earlier this week, we came home and Joe was teaching Landen how to ride his bike without training wheels. Peter and Maxwell decided to give it a try as well today after the party.
Starting out
Pretty wobbly and needing dad to keep him up
Within 20 minutes though, he was doing great and had ridden up and down the street with Peter running next to him in case he started to fall, but not touching him. It was awesome how quickly he got the concept! He still will need to practice with dad right there, but we will count this as the day he learned to ride a two wheel bike. It's been a memorable and fun day!
Max also invited the twins from his soccer team but they couldn't make the party so we went down to their house to play for a little bit.
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