Fingerpainting....

OKAY SO I DID IT!!! I actually let Max get out the finger paints!!! I know its crazy....we gave Max these finger paints for Valentine's day and we are just now playing with them......lol! I guess I just got a little brave....well for me anyways.....

Max picked the color blue to paint with and he was NOT down with using just his fingers! He wanted to use the paint brush!

He picked it up quickly! I was surprised how serious he was during the whole painting time!

He finally let loose and started painting on his hands! He kept saying "miss" (mess)!! Too cute!

And here it is!! Our first painting!!!

I must say I enjoyed watching Max paint! I am sure we will be doing this again real soon!

Botanical Garden FUN!

Last Wed after Moms group a bunch of us headed over to Botanical Gardens "Big Backyard"! It was a ton of FUN and it was FREE!!!

Max enjoyed some tunnel time!!

I didn't get to take many pictures because I didn't realize my camera's battery was almost dead! BOO!!!

Max just LOVES the music house! All the kids stayed in here for quite some time!

I think Max may have enjoyed the playing in the sand the most this time!

All the mommies sat over in the shade while the kiddos ran around the little kids playground area. We had such a great time just chatting and watching the kids play!

I am truly blessed to be a part of the moms group at Hope Church! It is nice being a part of a group of women that care about you and your family! Thanks girls! Look forward to many more times together!!!

FUN at Shelby Farms!!!

Last Thursday we went out to Shelby Farms with Amy and Cooper!

It was such a BEAUTIFUL day!

We had a picnic lunch! It was very YUMMY!

Then we played with bubbles!!!

Max did not want to share so Cooper was running after him trying to get the bubbles! So cute (the pic...not that Max wouldn't share....lol)

Max attempting to share for a split second....

He just looks so BIG here..... :(

After a complete meltdown from Max....and I am talking a HUGE meltdown...(lets just say I was glad we were out in the middle of nowhere)...I took the bubbles away from him and you would have thought I broke off his arm.....anyways.....we headed to feed the ducks!!!

The only thing that made him happy for the moment was holding the loaf of bread....

I just loved that Cooper would throw the entire piece of bread in the lake! Too funny!

Our sweet boys are just growing up SO FAST!!! How cute are they together feeding the ducks!

We kept Max from jumping in the lake quite a few times....that boy loves the water "wa wa"!

After another meltdown because we were leaving the ducks....but actually he fell and scraped his nose on a PVC pipe in the grown and his nose was pouring out blood....i just thought he was having a meltdown....oops!!! We got that cleaned up and headed to the swings!!!

We had a good time swinging!

Thanks Amy for such a GREAT idea! We had a good time even if we had A LOT of tears!!! LOL! Can't wait to do it again another time!!!

Shepherd's Bday Party!

Another belated post....

We went to Shepherd's 2nd Birthday on March 14th at the Little Gym! It was a BLAST!!! This was really Max's first bday party to go to....well old enough to know what it was....and for one of his friends....

They started off playing with the giant parachute. They sang Happy Birthday to Shepherd and played several different games and songs with the kids!

They did some other stuff too but Max was off for some free time of his own! He loves these monkey bars!!!

Not sure what this is called....but Cooper and Max had a good time playing on them!!

The boys even had fun on the balance beam!

Who am I kidding.....I don't think there were any tears at this party....nothing but FUN!

They blew up the big bouncy walk way! The kids were all over that!

Max even pulled his daddy onto it!

Then it was time to eat BIRTHDAY CAKE!!!! Check out that AWESOME cake made my friend AMY STEIN!!! She did such an AMAZING job! I wish I had close up pics! This picture does not show how truly talented she is!!!!

We sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Then the kiddos got cake and ice cream!!!! Yay!!!

Love the pic above because it looks like Max is really telling Cooper something.....lol!!!

Time to dig in!!

Thank you to Monica and Shepherd! We had such a wonderful time!!

The past few weeks....

We have been having lots of fun these past few weeks! I hope to be feeling better soon so I can keep up with my posts....

Went to the zoo with some girls from work and all the boys! There was 4 mommies and 6 boys under the age of 5!! It was a BLAST!!! I didn't take too many pictures because Max wasn't in the best of moods this day.....

This is how Max learned most of his shapes...

Thanks to Uncle Michael he gave Max this shape o sorter from Tupperware!!!

Max being silly!

Went back to the gym with our dear friends Monica, her son Shepherd and baby girl Gracie Belle, and Amy and her son Cooper!!!

The boys all had fun making a fort.

Just thought this was a cute pic of him actually looking at the camera!

We headed to McDonald's after the gym....

Max and Cooper are just the best of buds! They crack me up when I watch how they play together!

They love each other so much!

I mean don't these pics just make you laugh! They are already beating up on each other at 20 months!! LOL!

Max sitting still for a split second....that is hard to catch usually unless he is asleep....

This is Max eating his Breakfast out of his daddy's cowboys tin bucket. He insisted on this being his "bowl" for his cereal!

What a silly little boy!!!!

He just sat in the floor and ate his cereal until it was "all done"!

Here is Max with Luka (not sure on spelling) sorry Amy....We got to babysit him while his parentals (Amy and Todd) were out of town! He was such a GOOD boy! Max had a lot of fun having a dog around! He even shared his "B" with Luka!!!

I have lots more to post! I will try and post daily to get caught up. These pictures are just a few hodge podged together to give you a glimpse of our last few weeks! More to come....