I was hungry for good Mexican food so I drove around the neighborhood until I found a food truck. :) The food is good and cheap! One of the few perks of dealing with all the construction is this. It makes me laugh how the ladies in the neighborhood and shocked and almost appalled when they hear that I have actually gotten food from the trucks. Boy, are they missing out!
What I came home with today...
Uh oh...Mr Max is playing on Daddy's computer
Video - Max got caught! Not only playing on Daddy's computer but getting into Daddy's candy stash.
We took Max in for his second hair cut to get those bangs trimmed and out of his eyes (it's pretty bad at swimming lessons when his hair gets wet). He did much better even though he was nervous. Notice the sucker in his hand - that really helped. We didn't waste our money on a special kid's cut place this time. We went to good ole Super Cuts.
"painting"
Silly boy still loves wearing my headbands and hair elastics. He puts these all on by himself.
Weekends - Sleeping in with Daddy.
Another great thing about weekends - often Daddy makes breakfast. Today he made homemade cinnamon rolls.
Mary Ann, my neighbor, invited me over to craft. We made these Countdown to Christmas plates. They turned out pretty good. She is a great crafter and a good balance to my total crafting insecurities.
Video - For a long time I've wanted to capture how Max sweetly wipes his chin when we remind him to swallow (because usually it means he has drooled). I finally got it on video!
Eating is such a hit and miss thing lately with Max. Just because he likes it one day doesn't mean he will like it the next plus he has odd requests. One night this week he asked for chips and broccoli for dinner. !!
Friday's are the best day. They are usually crazy at work but that helps the day go faster...and then, it's a weekend!!!
This blog is subtitled, "Techie Boy" and "Watch him play".
Hayden knows how to make Max happy - bring him a cell phone.
Working his magic
Showing Hayden what he can do.
Happy!
Video - Max learned how to unlock the iphone by watching us. I think I sat there with my mouth hanging open the first time I realized that he was doing it. It amazing the things he picks up by watching - I need to be more aware of what I'm potentially teaching him!
Lovin' his dad
He's getting big enough to climb onto his scooter, but not big enough to make it go anywhere yet.
He calls our cell phones "Hello". It's super cute. He will see the phone and keep saying "hello" until we give in and give it to him.
Maxwell being silly (ugh, Kallie - give him a haircut!!!)
One of the things that make weekends great is that we don't have the tight schedule of the workweek. We can be a little more flexible at night and if Max is having fun, in a good mood, and wanting to keep playing then we can do that instead of shutting it down in order to get him to bed on time. This particular night we had a TON of fun. :)
Video - At night right before putting him to bed, we lay down on our bed for cuddle time. We lay on our sides and Max lays down and rolls right next to us. In this video, Max is teasing Peter by acting like he's going to cuddle.
Video - Max talking on the phone.
Video - Peter is a rock star for being able to do this yoga pose called crane. He is a uber-rock star for being able to hold this pose while his little toddler crawls underneath him.
Video - The boys playing and more of that fantastic Max laugh.
Video - Max getting dad back for hassling him earlier. :)
Playing his favorite game on the ipad - it's an app that shows different animals and vehicles. When you touch one of them, it says their name and then makes whatever sound that particular thing makes. Did you know that a zebra sounds nothing like a horse?
Chowing down on bread at the Cheesecake Factory. He loved the bread, the ceiling, and smiling at other people.
Video - Chasing Daddy.
(Max LOVES these squeaky shoes, Peter hates them. I like them because I always know where he is when he's wearing them.)
My notes from November 10th about Max:
Words that Max says - mommy, daddy, oh no, ew, ow, ma, da, more, please, yes, moo, down, down, eyes, nose, and cheese. I think that's pretty good for a 14 month old!
He's good at identifying body parts. He knows his eyes, nose, hair, head, tongue, belly button, and his toes.
He can now get down off the couches by himself with no problem.
He is super picky lately with what he wants to eat. His tastes change from day to day. Lately you have force the first bite into his mouth so he can taste it and then sometimes he will let you keep feeding it to him.
He will beg food from you when you are eating but then when you offer it to him, he won't take it.
Most of our weekends look the same... Saturday - Kindermusik class in the morning with Max, hanging out around the house, maybe run some errands, afternoon nap for Max, go for a run as a family, watch TV or movie after Maxwell goes to bed. Sunday - Have breakfast, Max take a nap, get ready for the day, trip to Costco, try to get Max to take another nap, do take out or fast food for dinner, get ready for the next week.
Not this weekend! We shook things up big time! (okay, not so big but hey...we did something for the first time which I always enjoy)
Before Kindermusik on Saturday, we went to a local patch and took some pictures with one of my co-workers who does photography on the side. Look for a future post on that... On the way back from Kindermusik, we met up with Brittany and the boys at a park and then Peter joined us when he was done working out. I put Max in the swing and he not only liked it... he LOVED it.
That night there was a serious storm that came blowing in. Peter and I stood out on our patio and watched the lightening. It was crazy! Here's a short 25 seconds of video just to show you how much lightening activity was going on. We didn't heard too much thunder. Crazy Texas storms!
The next day was gorgeous and so we decided to spent some time outside.
A staple for Max's breakfast - some organic, whole wheat bread.
Pros - Easy, healthy, doesn't ever choke on it. Cons - lots of crumbs.
Max still has his "outie" bellybutton.
Shoving it in.
We decided to check out Third Monday Trade Days in McKinney on Sunday afternoon. This is like a big swap meet/garage sale/fair-ish type thing that we had never been do. Of course I didn't quite understand what it was going to be like until we got there.
Max briefly wearing his sunglasses.
I had heard that Trade Days was a good place to go to find lots of animals that Max could pet and after he enjoyed the pet store (but did zero petting), I wanted him to be able to pet animals. It was a hot sunny day and this place was huge. It had a definite swap meet feel. It was stall after stall after stall of either someones old crap or cheap trinkets/crafts/etc. Think about a garage sale meets a craft fair meets the booths from the fair. Then there was also the food which was similar to fair food = fried and a little scary.
I wanted to find either some decorations for the house or something for Max. Peter wanted to just be done. He doesn't like walking and walking and looking and looking. He's not a fan of doing new things (sometimes they are a bust and sometimes they are winners but he'd rather just avoid them regardless). That combined with the walking meant that I had to have the positive attitude/excitement about what we were doing for the two of us.
Well then, Max was fussy...
Max was fussy because he didn't like being directly in the sun. I love our stroller for many reasons but one of the very few issues I have is the sun shade. It is inadequate and mostly useless. Max really prefers his face being shaded but didn't want to wear a hat or sunglasses.
We didn't find any animals to pet. In fact the only animals we found were donkeys that kids could ride (Max is too little) or smelly chickens that you could buy. The #1 reason we went was a total bust. We did buy a big bag of honey popcorn that was sort of like kettle corn. That was it.
Here's Peter putting the BRAND NEW cool top on the water bottle that turns it into a sippy cup top for Max.
I was really excited to use it. Max liked it too. Until he dropped it somewhere while we were walking and I didn't notice. So then it was gone forever and the day was ruined. It was a silly $3.00 top but I was so bummed that I had lost it, and Peter was giving me a hard time about losing it, that my fire was fully quenched and I was ready to just be done. I don't think we'll be back.
So tired that the cheerios are piling up around his neck and he doesn't even care.
Oh well, I still like to try new things. Maybe the next one will be a winner??
Wife, Mom, and Career Woman. Trying to succeed at all three. Enjoy cruising, time with friends and family, and sleeping. Busy life doesn't leave time for as much fun as in the past but that's okay, it's still a good life.
