Miscellany, Spring 2014

More life of Max! 

Max and Lord Business. Crazy hair, don't care! 

Big Darth and Little Darth

Big Darth and Little Darth. Ha!

Max and Daddy camp out!

Where's Max?

Paul allowed this. Once. Ha!

He had tried a dumpling at school and wanted more.
Let's just say the school ones must've been better.

Enjoying a friend's party!

Tarzan Max!

Walk with Mommy to the golf course.

He wanted to stop and take a photo with the flowers.

Max likes to go to Deerfield Park because they have exercise equipment on their little trail. And that can cause all kinds of fun. Oh boy.

Paul and Kelly exercising at Deerfield Park.

This one's a little cuter. :-)

Dancing shoes for Retro Cocktail Hour!  

 

Storms a coming!

He also likes to shovel mulch. Ha!

Preschool  field trip at the nature center.

Cutie Preschool Graduate.
(My goodness, he looks old here.)

Always looks so tiny in the dental chair. 

Facepainting at Brookside Art Fair! 

Have a little cookie with that icing, dude.

Out to the farm for asparagus picking! 

Gotta love Max's color combos. :-)

Embarassed by mommy at the Food Truck Fest! No photos please! 

Darth Octopus!

Napping with Uncle Wob at Grandma's house! 

Meeting famous people, Denver Broncos CB Chris Harris! Super Duper Nice Guy!

That's how we roll!

Birthday Review and Other Springtime Doings

Back on February 9, Max turned 5! For his fifth birthday, he wanted to get a pet fish, so we took him to Pet World and let him pick out a beta. 

Max and Gilligan, his pet fish. Yes, Gilligan is still with us.

This year, he also got to have a friend party, so he requested that he have a bowling party at the Jaybowl in the Kansas Union. Here's the man with a few buds. It ended up snowing that morning, but I think everyone wanted to get out of the house because most everyone invited was able to make it! 

And yes, it was a train-themed bowling party!

Yippee for five!

The ladies love him! Sandwich hug by Katie and Bella. 

Max also got to party with family for his birthday! Ron and Pam came over. Aunt Kelly was in town for a job interview, so she got to celebrate. Uncle Rob came over, and Grandma Cathy and Grandpa Joe came up later.

Uncle Wob with the steam engine hook up! 

Benny, Jamie, and Dexter sent up balloons with money inside. He had a great time trying to get it out. 

Working on a present with Grandma Cathy.

Steam train videos!

Exciting cards! 

Max got another celebration with Fuzzy and GG, as they gave him a Chuck E. Cheese card. The next time we went to Wichita, we hit that up!

Max's other favorite thing aside from opening presents: shoveling snow.

Couple other cute pictures

This kid loves his Orange Leaf!

Getting ice cream with Grandpa B at the soda fountain in the pharmacy school on campus.

Lunch out with friends Malia and Quinn!

Next post - more crazy pictures of the life of Max!

Some final Christmas Pictures

Again, apologies for the late posting. I'm just going to put up a sampling of Christmas items so we can catch up to the present. Summer is going to be so exciting that I don't want to linger too long in times passed. 

So, if I could sum up Christmas, I would use the words family and Polar Express. That train took center stage! Yes, Grandpa and Grandma B got Max one, but also, we watched the movie, read the book, and listened to the soundtrack about a million times. 

Also, we spent lots of time with family. This year, we had Borchardt Christmas early, then went to Wichita for the holiday and my birthday. So, here are a few pics spanning the experience. 

Larryville Christmas

Grandpa B getting a flying pig. You'll have to ask him. :-) 

Grandma B and Max going over some gifts.

Polar Express. Lots of these pics!

Down to the 'Ta.

Max had a few Santa presents to open before Dex showed up.
Luckily, Santa knew we were going to Grandma's instead of Lawrence.

                                     

Max with his new HO diesel engine.
As he says, all train pictures must be with Uncle Rob.

                                   

New train shirt.

The two most cheery Christmasers, Grandpa Joe and Uncle Benny. 

Joe wins Christmas, giving Mom her dad's violin in a fancy display case.
It was up in the house before we left. :-) 

My favorite parts of Christmas: Dex and Max together. :-)
(And yes, it says Happy Birthday in the background because of all of our December birthdays:
Paul, 4th, Joe, 7th, Jamie, 13th, Rob, 14th, and Susan, 27th.)

Snow babies playing on Christmas!

Getting ready to push over the snowman!

Chillaxing with Grandpa and some nuts.

Grandpa Joe and the boys chilling after the excitement of the day.

38 and more flexible and stable than ever before. Boooyaaaaa!

At Fuzzy and GGs - and Ali Mae's.

Max, Ali, and GG posing in the corner. 

Taking a break after the excitement of opening presents.

Resting on pillows from Nana Nette.

Boys trying planking on GG's couch and table. 

These two. :-) 

Thank you to all my families, Borchardts, Ruoccos, and Gattons, for making Christmas so special for Max and for us. We had a nice time spending time with everyone.

Cheers!