Max's 3rd Bday

The Cake
Max loves to watch the cake making on YouTube so I decided to make his favorite fire engine cake for his birthday. He was so excited to watch the cake taking shape and he knew what steps were coming next. He helped me put on the cookie wheels and all the decorations. And then used the cake scraps and frosting to decorate and pick in. As he was eating the frosting he started to say, "frosting make you feel better."



The Guests
Kate, Mike, Korben, Logan, Tiffany, Kolter & Kaden


The Toolbox
Whenever we do something with tools Max wants to "play/help." So we got him his own tool set.


The Boys and The Toolbox
It was so fun to see all the boys watch him open the toolbox and then immediately surround him on the floor to ooh and aah.
Boys will be boys.


The Gifts
From Kolter and Kaden: Max's words..."New tractors!" Also new bath/sand toys which Tiffany said her boys were excited about because they want to come over and play with Max in our sand box.
From Hyrum: Curious George match game.
From Grandma: Monster Truck book
And finally in Max's words..."New Leapfrog!"



George
And from Korben and Logan his very own Curious George doll. He was at first much more fascinated with the tools. But George is his permanent side-kick. When we come home from wherever he walks in and says, "George, I'm home." And he will carry him around saying, "I love my George, George loves his Maxi, I love my George, George loves his Maxi."


It was a fun birthday. And I can't believe my little boy is already three.

5 Weeks To Go

I thought about "dressing up" but this is just more honestly me right now.

From Mar 2011

Max's Bellybutton

As my belly grows bigger Max has become fascinated with bellybuttons. He likes to show us his bellybutton and says, "bellybutton trying to poke out."

Playing with Hyrum

Kimber brought her boys to see Disney on Ice. Hyrum stayed with us while she and the three older boys were gone and he and Max had a great time playing. Hyrum brought Max a Curious George match game and Max almost couldn't contain his excitement. The boys punched out the matches, "danced" to George music, "washed" the dishes and played in the tub. They had a great time together!

Max so happy

We were sitting in the kitchen one morning...I was making muffins, Max was building a puzzle and all of a sudden he said, "I so happy." My heart melted and it was a perfect day. And so I had to get him to say it on camera.

Cousin Landon

It has been great being able to have Landon in town. He spent a few hours with us one night and he and Max enjoyed playing together. Then we spent a day at Kate's house and the four boys did great playing together. Landon is such a sweet and funny kid and I am glad that Max will get to know and play with him.

Valentines' Day

Max had so much fun helping me decorate for V Day.

From Mar 2011

When Max went down for his nap I copied Kimber's tradition and strung the house.

From Mar 2011

When he woke up he and James followed the string to his present.



And the train tracks were a big hit!