1st Big Boy Haircut!!

I have been wanting to cut Max's hair with clippers for so long now. I just haven't mustered up the courage to do for fear that he would look funny. Well, tonight I was tired of the scraggly hair that he had and he needed a haircut, so instead of using scissors and not really giving him much of a style, I used the clippers. It is really hard to cut the hair of a 2 yr. old. He is very wiggly, so we used a sucker to bribe him. He sat pretty still until I got to his neck. It was a bit tricky because he is ticklish on his neck, but I couldn't be happier with the results. Max either. He is very proud of his new style. And he looks so much older. He is my big guy now!!!


All the hair we cut off


I couldn't catch him. He was running around acting like a silly guy!

Thanksgiving...part 1

We have lots of Thanksgiving celebrations in my family. 3 to be exact. My sweet and generous parents do their dinner the Sunday before so all of us kids can go to the other side of the families' and not have to rush around on the big day. On Thursday, we always go up to Raymond in the morning to visit John's dad's side of the family and then we head back down late afternoon to celebrate with John's mom's side of the family. So we had our first of three dinners yesterday, and it was yummy. There was 14 adults and 8 kids total. My mom had the garage decorated so beautifully and we ate in there. It was so nice to not have to cram into the kitchen. We all had plenty of room to move around. It was kind of a zoo, but fun to watch all the kids play. Now if we could just get Max to play nicely, life would be good! Here are some pictures:


We always take a family picture at my parent's house. It's tradition!







Notice this scratch above John's eye. He missed his mouth when taking a drink of his soda and cut his eyebrow! What a nerd!

Movie Night-Mare!!!!

On Friday nights our family typically will eat dinner, take baths and make a giant bed on the floor and watch a movie. The kids have pop corn and candy and we just chill out and unwind from our busy week of activities every night. We usually wait until Max goes to bed because the boy NEVER watches t.v. He is much too busy for that!! Well, tonight we let him stay up. Big mistake!!! So we are in the middle of the movie when John says to me, "where is Max?" Hmmmm... I don't know. Just then, he rounds the corner with what seems like lipstick all over his face. After further examination we find that it is not lipstick, but BLOOD!!! Holy cow. What happened??? He decided to be like daddy and shave his face. Guess he was tired of that five o'clock shadow that was growing. We wiped him off and he just had a little cut, but that sucker really bled. For like an hour. Of course he had to do it right before we take pictures. It looks really ugly today- like a big blister. Hopefully it doesn't get infected. Maybe she could photoshop it out? Let's hope!



Here we are enjoying our movie



Poor baby- this is after putting pressure on the cut for what seemed like an hour. It looked like it really hurt, but he really didn't even cry.





he even cut his hand.

By the way, Max is quiet the noisy little boy. He loves to get into the toothpaste and my make-up. When ever it is quiet, that is the first place I go. Here are some more pictures of his escapades!!



after getting into my blush and wiping it all over his cheeks.

2 wheeler

Sam learned how to ride a bike with out training wheels a couple of months ago. He is just like his father, so of course he has to push the boundaries and make his mother crazy. He is only 3 yrs old and is already going off curbs, ramps and standing up while riding. What is this boy going to be like when he starts to drive a car??

Happy Birthday Max!!

October is a very busy month in the Mansfield household. We have my birthday as well as Little John and Max. Max turned two years old the day before halloween. We woke him up that morning so john could see him before he went to work. Not such a great idea!! He was very grumpy, but made his way to the table as he saw that I made him pancakes (kay-cakes). We began to sing "happy birthday" to him and he became very embarrassed and he threw his fork at me while saying stop. He didn't like all of the attention on him! After I did the morning drops at school, we came home and played. Then we went to taco bell for lunch. It is his favorite fast food resturant. He asks every day if we can stop for a taco while we are on our way to get Sam from school. So that is where we went. After enjoying a nice lunch and naps, we walked to get John from school. When we got home, we baked halloween sugar cookies and carved our pumpkins. Then Gigi came over for dinner and we sang to him and frosted our cookies for dessert. It was a fun day celebrating my littlest guy. Through out the day I kept thinking that this will be the very last time we celebrate a 2nd birthday. It kind of made me sad. Here are some things I love about Max:

- He wakes up happy and ready to start his day
- He is a wonderful eater. He will try anything you put in front of him. Broccoli
is one of his favorite foods.
- I love his front teeth. They poke out a bit and are sooooo cute.
- He loves anything musical. Especially a guitar.
- He goes everywhere with me and hardly ever throws a fit in a store. He is easy to
take places
- He holds my hand the entire way to where ever we are going if he is out of his
stroller
- He loves to play at the park
- He wants to do everything his brothers do
- He goes to bed easily
- He reminds me so much of little John as a baby. They look so similar.
- He loves motorcycles and dirtbikes
- When he is sick he just wants to cuddle with me all day. It is so sweet.
- I can leave him at our church nursery or with a babysitter with out him freaking
out and making me feel terrible.
- He absoultly loves to be outside and is so happy when he is.

Happy birthday Maxie Moo- We love you so much!!