Bath Time

Max and I were playing outside tonight. It was time for bath so I told Max we had to go in. He was immediately a little man with a plan! He ran under the deck, where he knows momma can't get him. I would go around to the other side and he would run away. It took 15 minutes, and lots of laughing, before I finally caught him. He just gets more and more fun every day.

Monkey Man - Post Op

Today was a tough day. We are dog sitting for Max's Grandma and Grandpa. Somehow Monkey Man ended up in the crate with Callie today. Needless to say he wasn't a pretty sight when we got home this afternoon. Max cried about Monkey Man's boo-boos. He kissed each rip with tender loving care.

When daddy got home he worked his magic. He is quite a surgeon - maybe he missed his calling. Monkey Man is now, more or less, back together. You might notice that his right arm is now shorter than his left and he looks as if he had lipo on his inner thigh. There wasn't too much daddy could do with the ear situation. Max was happy that Monkey Man was available for his usual night time snuggles.

On a side note, Monkey Man II has been ordered and should be shipped shortly.

Apple Picking

We met up with Brian's sister and her family today for some apple picking fun. Before we headed out on the tractor ride to the orchard we met up with a few hungry goats. Max loved feeding the goats. He didn't quite get the idea that he needed to open his hand, but he had fun none the less.

He also loved trying out the big slide with daddy. Max wouldn't have loved to slide again and again, but daddy didn't like how hot the slide was.

Then it was time to pick some apples! We boarded the tractor and headed out to the orchard. Max was so cute walking around with his apple picking bag.

It did get a bit hot as you can see by Max's flushed little pink cheeks. Now I just need to figure out what I'm going to do with all of these apples!

Back to School

I guess it is obvious by my lack of posts that I am back at school. With almost two weeks under our belts, things are going smoothly. We are all back into our routine and things seem to be going well. Max and I did celebrate our last day of freedom with a trek to the zoo. So fun!

Max has started with his new therapist. Ms. Lori seems to be working out really well. So well, in fact that we have given up our weekly time with Ms. Gina. I actually teared up at the end of our last session. She was such a help to our family and she did such a great job with Max. Unfortunately, First Steps wouldn't make the needed changes to our therapy sessions so we had to switch. In the long run it will be great. Max seems to be thriving in the clinic setting.

Things have also been pretty crazy at home. The house will officially be on the market a week from today. We have filled out all the disclosures and signed all the necessary paperwork. It has been a long road getting things ready, but now that we are all set is was worth it. The dining room is once again a dining room, so Max's train table has been stashed in his room. Today he actually moved it away from the wall himself because he couldn't walk all the way around it. Hopefully soon his train table - as well as everything else - will have lots of space to spread out! Keep your fingers crossed for us!

Never Leave Home Without

a sippy cup, a snack cup, a rubber duck, the lighthouse book, and of course a rubber snake. Max cracks us up carrying all of his favorite things around the house. He just gets cuter every day!

Peaches,Yum!

We headed to Eckert's on Saturday morning to pick peaches. Max had a great time. From the tractor ride out he was in heaven. While he did like picking a few, he loved eating them! He had three before we got back from the field! He is a little peach eating machine!

We are already thinking of apple picking this fall - at least then it will be cooler!

Our Little Picasso

Gymboree has a summer special where you can add an extra class for just $10 a month, so Max has been going to art class in addition to his play class. I wasn't too sure how it would go since Max often likes to do his own thing, but he really loves it! Today we made teapots. He loves to use the paints and does a pretty good job.

At the end of class they read a story about the topic. Max gets out his little cushion and joins the group to hear Ms. Emily read the story. My only complaint about art class is that they want the kids to put glitter on everything! My minivan sparkles like you couldn't imagine.