5 Years Old

Today is Max's birthday! I can't believe he is 5 years old. He has been counting down for 15 days (I'm sure he would have counted down longer if he were more comfortable with a higher number). However, he does talk about his birthday ALL year. He loves birthdays. He was a little spoiled this year but he was so excited we just couldn't help ourselves.

Max is one of the most caring little boys I know. He is very sweet and loving. He still loves snuggling (which I LOVE!). As I've said many times he is a great big brother. He loves writing and building with blocks. He also loves drawing and he's a pretty good artist. He loves family game night. He's wearing size 6 clothes and is so tall. We signed him up for t-ball and he is so excited. He loves playing catch and practicing. It's really cute! His dad is definitely his hero.

As a side note, I ran my first 10k today. My goal was 1:30 but my official time with a restroom stop was 1:16 but the time on my GPS was 1:12. So I was really pleased!

Enjoy some pictures! Have a great week. Hugs and love!

To infinity and beyond

I figured if I was posting about Christmas, I might as well post about Halloween.ax wanted to be Buzz light year this year so Maggie was Jesse. They were so cute!! My dad joined us and he dressed as woody. It was so funny and Max loved it. We went to Owen and Shannon's and enjoyed snacks and then trick-or-treated. We carved pumpkins again at our house and had a great time. Halloween is such a fun holiday!

Hugs!!

Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas season. Don't be fooled by my failure to post about it for 2 months.
Max was old enough this year to really talk more about the true meaning of Christmas. We read an advent calendar that told the Christmas story. He really enjoyed it. It prompted us to talk more about God, Jesus and mass. We also talked more about people and children without anyone. We adopted a boy his age at church and he did really well shopping for the little boy and handling not getting something too. We also did three presents this year because that is how many presents Jesus received from the wise men. That really seemed to make sense to Max and was an easy way to tie it back to Jesus.
Santa brought Max the tool bench he wanted! It's do neat! He LOVED the tool belt from Bobby too.
We cut down our own tree this year. Let me just say - NIGHTMARE!!! That tree feel down at least 4 times!! (Once in the middle of the night setting off the alarm). The tree ended up on the deck and we finished with a fake tree.
However I will say we had a fantastic time at the Christmas tree farm. That will definitely be a tradition - we'll just cut a small tree for Max's room or something.