Max is my mischievous little man. He's really good at sneaking outside, and he's so quiet about it. At Grandma Kate's he's gone faster than I can count to 3, and he always wants to go "side" with the big kids. But he wont' stay with the big kids, he likes the road, rocks and dirt. He also loves the swings. At home he's learned he can open my front door and my back sliding door. Since I live next to the train this scares me so bad! I've made an effort to keep these doors locked - but he checks them all the time. One time at my moms he was riding the gator with his cousin Ty, he must have fallen out at some point because his elbow was bleeding, but there was no way he was coming inside over a little blood.Max also likes to dig in the garden and his sister is teaching him how to make pig mud. (Pig mud is dirt with water in it, duh!)
Max likes going to nursery with the other kids and toys but his teachers tell me his favorite time is snack time - a boy after my own heart!
Max likes to color, but no so much on paper, so far he's hit my wall, Grace's sheets and my nightstand. I caught him trying to put glue on my couch no matter how often I clean my bathroom mirror he thinks it's his job to goober it! He can find and reach anything - and I mean anything. One day I had a pot on my back burner of the stove and he was standing on his tip toes stirring it with a long handled spoon - it's unreal. More than once he's brought me scissors and said "no no touch" when he hands them to me. He's been able to open child proof cupboards for a long time now and just recently learned if he puts his leg over the crib railing he can get out.
Max laughs and teases all the time - I didn't realize teasing was a born trait, but he's changed my mind. He wants what his sister wants, knows I don't want him to touch my computer, and loves hiding from me. It's the look on his face when he's caught that makes it so hard to get mad at him. But, my very favorite thing about Max is when he wakes up in the morning he almost always wakes up happy. He's full of smiles and when I bring him chocolate milk I get a huge grin. He pats me on the back and gives me a hug when I change his diaper and occasionally he plants a big fat wet kiss on my cheek.
It could just be a mothers love, but I think this is the cutest thing ever! The other day Grace ran into the kitchen and told us to watch what she could do - she proceeded to pick up a goldfish cracker with her toes and put it in her mouth. What a proud mommy I was! I laughed and told her she was tricky! Then one day last week I found her sitting on the coach coloring with her toes, she's so proud of herself!
She also told me she was showing her Grandma Ruth that she could eat with her toes and then she said "Mom, grandma doesn't think nothings funny!" Really? Eating with your feet, from something on the floor isn't funny? 
Aren't these balls so cute? Grace had 
Cute little bums...
Max patiently waiting. This was the only time he waited 
