(not-so) March Madness

The past couple of weeks, mommy and max have gone on a bazillion bike rides. Daddy came one time, Gage and Carter Robbins a couple of times and Shirley goes with us a lot! We mostly just cruise around the neighborhood looking at houses and finding cactus (poke-poke-poke…owwwww!) and airplanes. If we are really lucky we get to see trucks…and helicopters! Max loves to play at Kiwanis Park at the big covered playground, and feeding the ducks at the lake. We got to go to the gymnastics play gym with Rylee and Reece and Gage and some other fun friends…and Storytime at the library has become exceptionally fun as we know like 4 songs now! A list of Max's new words are Nasty (compliments of Lisa and Rylee…so fun!) Mouse, Stinky, Bike, Birdie, Milk (without signing) please and thank you…also without signing…and if you ask him if he can say something, if he is in the mood, he'll try it…so cute! Max calls Sharks: "nu-nuh" You know, like the jaws theme…and then screams: Ahhhh, afterwards. His favorite foods are Cucumbers, Bananas, Apples, Marshmellows, Pancakes (mommy's boy) and Pink Milk is the preferred drink when mommy is feeling extra nice! We got to see Grama Boo Boo this week and max had the stinkin' funnest time crawling around in the dirt and rocks at her house…and he ate half a bag of frozen peas. HOLY! Boo boo would go back in the house to fix something with dinner, and he'd yell: "Where's that Boo boo!" He's been a little bit of a turkey the last few days: testing mommy's limits is a really fun game, especially when he can lay on the ground and scream and kick when he doesn't get his way. Oh my, hope he's teething or something crazy and that this will pass…or else! But even so, he is our favorite!

Max got a haircut Sunday…so sad, so long spikes…for now. He's still cute, don't worry! We made it through with a blue sucker and the promise of a tubby right after. Haircuts are not Max's favorite thing.

We also got to go horse-back riding this week. Mommy's friend Taras dad has horses out in Queen Creek: Max, Ruby and Brownie. Max got to ride all three of them. Max and his friends took turns riding around the pasture. Max went a couple of times with mommy and a couple of times all by himself: with mommy holding onto his leg from the ground. He loved it!! Best thing, though was a big old tractor…he couldn't get enough of it. Anyway, hopefully we get to go again soon! So fun! We also got to see Great Aunt Bette at Booboos house. Max was a little crazy because we'd just been riding horses and it was close to bed time, so he wasn't on his best behavior, but at least we got to see her. Everyone in our house had the flu this weekend…ahhhhhh! Started with Grandpa, Grandma and Max…then Daddy…then Mommy. Luckily it was staggered, but still no fun…we lysoled everything, so we should be non-contagious…ewww! We hate being sick!Max loves these dumb little movies from wal-mart about trucks. We have two of them with three different shows: Stinky, Raaaah and Ho-Honk!!! Translation: Garbage Trucks, Monster Trucks and Big Rig Trucks…I am so sick of the darn things, I keep telling Max that I don't know where they are. My saving grace is "Baby" The baby mormon movie that Brandy gave max…phew!!! Its fun to watch that one with him because he says everything that he knows when it comes on the screen…all the colors, birdies, sharks, kittys…he counts when they count. SO fun! Anyway, that's the lastest and greatest…ttfn.