Soccer Time!

As Max's second birthday rapidly approaches, we decided now would be a good time to get him into soccer to help him burn off some of that energy! He just started in an indoor soccer class for 2-3 year olds and loves it. They practice kicking the ball, kicking a tower of cones (see above), running laps, stomping on bubbles (with "no hands!") and playing with a big parachute. He's one of the quickest in his class so far!

Getting outside!

It has been an unusually warm winter so we have been making frequent trips down to our neighborhood park so Max can burn some of his never-ending energy! He loves going down the slides (particularly by himself) and playing in the sandbox with the dump trucks. He isn't really a fan of the swings, but he's slowly warming up to them.

Also, because of the unseasonably warm weather, we decided that we needed some snow exposure a few weeks ago. Max LOVES to wear his snow boots that Grandpa got him for Christmas, he wears them around the house all the time, and insisted on wearing them today on a quick trip to Bartells (yes, while it was 55 degrees out). Needless to say, he loved them even more when he was able to use them for their true purpose, the snow! We took a trip up to Steven's Pass one afternoon and Max had a blast. He cried so hard when it was time to leave, that for Jeremy to get him into his carseat, he gave him a snowball to hold...yes, in the car. Happy as could be holding his snowball, eventually it began melting all over and mean old mom had to throw it out the window, we did say "bye, bye" to it first, and Max cried for a solid 15 minutes about his lost souvenir. Anyhow, here are some pictures of Max at the park and playing in the snow!