Rocket Man!

The most powerful two year old in the world...



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First lollipop!



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We Got a Puppy!

We got a puppy! Just kidding... it's Max playing "puppy".   :-)

A romantic date with Saskia by the fire talking about numbers and drinking water from sippy cups.

Cutie pie...

This is a daily scene at our house. Max drive his cars and trucks all over the chairs and sofa and parks them all around the living room. He keeps himself occupied this way for 30 minutes (at least!) at a time!

Mommy tried to take an artsy photo of a beautiful tree in front of our house...

... and Max came over to see what the fuss was about. hahaha

Mommy and Max look forward to our now weekly Tuesday morning trip to the library for "Toddler Tales" storytime. This week Ms. Lorraine invited the kids to join her up front for the closing song! Clearly Max is his mother's son-- he hopped right up and got in line to be in the show! (While Ms. Lorriane looks like she's praying or something, she's actually mid-wave and singing "Goodbye Friends".)

Climbing on the rickety, rolling stool and making Mommy nervous. :-)

 Time to make cornbread!

"Mommy, zip it up!"

"Max, what are you doing?"

"I have a party!"

Max started laying out the bowls and naming people who were coming to his party, then asked me to put a hat on his head while he got out hats for everyone else! It's so fun that he's starting to pretend.

Happy Halloween!

This year was a pretty fun little Halloween! Max sort of "got" what was going on and had fun with all the festivities. He loved participating in the costume parade with his class (which really meant he and his two year old friends ran around the playground while parents snapped photos), and having a party during snack time after naps.

From left to right: Superman, Spider Girl, Cinderella, Mr. Potato Head, Mickey Mouse with a Captain America shield, Mickey Mouse, and Ms. Kitty Cat.

Also known as: Max, Zoey, Abby, Ethan, Edward, Dylan, and Ms. Cortney.   :-)

Going off-roading on the bikes with his pal, Ethan.

Max and his "girlfriend", Zoey, have played together since they were three months old. This is quite possibly one of my favorite photo series of these two love birds...

Ms. Cortney said that Max and his friends will swing like this then drop down and fly off the slide. Apparently they love it, but she said she has a mini-heart attack every time they do it. haha

After dinner it was time go to trick-or-treating for the first time!

... well, we tried to trick-or-treat anyway.  :-)  It turns out having not too many neighbors giving out candy and being on the early side weren't a good mix (rookie parents, here!). We played outside for 20 minutes or so and gave it another try!

Here is Max with our neighbors, Rich and Lisa! They were so sweet and got Max a few small toys to go with his candy. Not a bad first ever trick-or-treating stop!

Here's the spookiest house we saw!

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