Happy Birthday Maxwell

Maxwell turned 3 today!

 This is the face I get every time I tell him to smile for me.  Isn't he handsome?  Any time I asked about his birthday, all he wanted was a "Blast off" cake.  Anyone that told him "Happy Birthday", he would say "Happy Birthday" right back to them.  He was pretty funny about it.

 We just had a little BBQ at a park with our family that lives around.

 Matt helped the kids fly a kite and play with Max's rocket present.

 This kid is so messy!  He is like the one-year-olds that you give them their cake to eat by themselves.  He has this bad habit of wiping his messy hands on his hair.  Anytime he gets food all over his hands he just figures he has a handy little napkin right on top of his head.  It makes me a little crazy!

I don't even know what to say about this crazy kid!  He can try my patience and then melt my heart in the same two minutes.  It seems like everything he does is funny, and he is always making us laugh.  Max completely makes up stories all of the time.  I don't even know where he comes up with them.  This week he was telling me all about his friend named Restaurant.  Apparently he went to Restaurant's house and they thought there were sharks living there, so Restaurant ran around screaming "Ahhhh, sharks!"...Ya, pretty random stories like that are common around here.
 Maxwell LOVES chocolate milk and coins (his "monies").  He has to have pockets in his clothes, so he can fill them up with all sorts of treasures.  A few days ago, I empties his pocket to find a pair of sunglasses, a couple rocks, a toy car, and a pog slammer.  (remember those?)  That was just in one pocket.
Max's favorite foods are chips, tomato soup, and most meat.  He loves "mean guys" in movies which are usually actually super heroes, but he thinks they look like mean guys.  He loves to do tricks, and will preform for just about anybody.  You can get him to go just about anywhere as long as you race him "super fast".  He is recently potty trained, making him an official "big boy".  He loves to play with his sister and baby brother.  We sure do love him!