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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Pumpkins Galore

There's lots of fall fun to be had when you're two years old! First up-- the pumpkin patch!

We made our second annual trek up to Kinsey Family Farms with our friends Walter and Denise (the Winiarski's were out of town), and spent hours chasing Max while he ran with his arms overhead shouting, "Pun-kiiiiinnnnn!!!!" and hugged, kissed, and tried to pick-up every pumpkin we saw. It's hard to believe he wasn't even walking when we visited last year!

Abby and Max in the wagon!

"Uuuuhhh! So heavy!"

Best buddies...

Our little snake handler! (a.k.a. Max holding a "snake gourd")

Here's two Hooligan's for $3 a piece! (Check out the sign under Max's hand!)

Sad to be "ugly mugly's"....

Family farm fun!

Wheee! Max loves it when Daddy sends him "to the moon"! (photo taken mid-baby toss)

Checking out the giant tires on the tractor after the hayride!

"Roarrrrr!!!"

Pumpkin Painting

We aren't ready to carve a pumpkin with Max just yet (since he'd mostly be waiting around for us to cut it at this age), so we decided to go the painted route again! Ben taped off a face (like a stencil) and Max chose to paint it blue.

The artist is ready!

Max employed a variety of painting techniques (he's very sophisticated and artsy like that).

Brush...

Hands...

And, of course, feet.

The masterpiece is finished!!

"Mom, are you done taking my picture yet?"

Happy Halloween from the Lilly's!

Life Lately...

Our family hike got rained on, so we decided to stay out and play in the driveway for a bit since we were already soaked!

Daddy builds a complex Duplo block structure while Max "reads" the directions....hmm....

We visited the scarecrows in the garden at the library! Max wasn't quite sure what to think. :-)

Storytime at the library! Max got to meet Ms. Lorraine's sheep after it was over! He loved the "on the farm" theme. (Max is in the black and white striped shirt... and has his hand in the sheep's mouth. Ha!)

Gobble! Gobble! Our little turkey tries on a hat in the Dollar Spot at Target.

After going through three outfits before 4:00pm, Mommy decided a diaper was sufficient clothing for playing with the Duplo blocks.  :-)

Star Wars Day at the library! 

Posing at the "indoor pumpkin patch" at school! Max get excited and acts like it's the first time he's seen the "pumpkin patch" every morning when we arrive. haha

In the past month or so we've started letting Max watch a 20 minute television program every once and a while. It's a sure-fire way to get some snuggles on the couch with our wiggly guy! One day I was getting the show pulled up, and turned around to find Max already relaxing on the couch. He's so funny!  (If you're interested, he watches a PBS show called "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" which is produced by the same folks who did "Mr. Rogers"! Fun! http://pbskids.org/daniel/)  

Hey look! It's Mom and Dad.  :-)

If you can't tell, Max is shouting, "Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!" in this photo! haha

So, do you think Max liked the bubble machine after storytime at the library this week?

Man on a mission at the playground! Max must have crawled through this tunnel 50 times.

A little squinty from the bright sun, but he kept asking for me to put him on the, "Mo-tah Cyyyyycle!"

Running!!!!