Favorite Time of The Year :)

I LOVE this time of the year!

The smells.

The music.

The food.

The fun.

The lights.

The joy.

& family time <3>

We always go to see our family in GA on Thanksgiving and we took some pictures!

I'm proud of my huge, giant, big ol' family, so I have to share them :)

My silly sis <3 br="br" nbsp="nbsp">

WHOLE family :)

Sisters & Cousin

Typical Browns..

The Family :) 

Whoever took this picture needs some photography lessons.. jussst saying lol

Merry Christmas errybody!!

Funnies From Max

{chillin' by the pond}

The ones of you who know Max, my four-year-old little brother, would know he's so funny!

He's very mischievous and so black and white!

Yesterday,before bed, Max was playing with Kimmi's Rubik's Cube.

When it was time to head up to bed mom said,

 "Max, that's fine, you can take the Rubic's Cube to bed, but don't pull the stickers off, alright."

Max looked confused and said,

"Stickers! What stickers?"

When Cason saw that Max didn't even notice that there was a need to inform about the stickers, Cason said, " Oh great, now he'll pull them off"

Mom told Max to come to her so she could show him the stickers, and told him that if he pulled them off the Rubik's Cube would be broken.

After that Max started looking a little bit nervous, and said

"no, no, no I don't want it any more. You can keep it down here."

Mom said, "No, max you can take it up."

Max said, " No, mom, someone's gonna make me pull them off!"

Mom laughed and said,

"Max, who's going to make you pull them off?"

Max lifted his hands with his fingers all spread out and said,

" MY HAND!"

I had to write this down.
So funny!

{best buds}

Mr. Grumpy Man Germaphobe!

Well, I feel the same today as I did this time last week.

Now that it's Saturday I feel sorta like I've hit a milestone!

I have worked so hard studying, and it feels like my hard work has paid off.

Now I have the rest of  Saturday and Sunday to rest!!

What a good feeling!

My mom, Max, and the girls went to see the movie The Princess and the Frog  today while Kimmi was at a birthday party and I was at school.

Mom said Max, during the movie, had to go to the restroom around five times.

Mom said she washed her hands and Max's hands everytime, but the 5th and last time they went in neither of them washed their hands.

Max did  put his dry hands under the hand dryer.
(so I guess that counted)

When they walked out of the restrooms Max asked mom "Did you wash your hands, mom?"

Mom said "No Max. Not this time."

Max didn't say anything, and it was quiet for a a few minutes until they were about to walk back into the movie, and Max said.

"Leggo of my hand! Your hands are gross!"

This is a picture of Max that I found on my old blog a few weeks ago.

I had forgotten about this picture.

Cracks me up!

Princess Kitty

 These are pictures of Max and his cat.

He LOVES his "Princess Kitty" That's what he calls her, his Princess Kitty.

It's so funny because the cat loves Max too... well, she doesn't run when he comes to get her.

She actually appears to like him.

In this picture Max is playing peak-a-boo. The cat just lets him do it.

Hope everyone had a great Christ centered Christmas!

• Max's Musings •

Well, Max has just hit a milestone in his life...

He has just started to become conscious of the fact that girls are much different than boys, and it really doesn't make any sense to him. Boys are just more fun!

Most of us girls, we like pretty things. Like, for one, jewelry serves no purpose but to look pretty, and we girls are perfectly aware and happy with that.

Yesterday Max was having a fit because he had Nona's little plastic crown, and her crown has lots of jewels on it. Two of the biggest rhinestones are this hot pink color, and Max brought it to my dad to try and figure out what the "buttons" would do because he couldn't get it to work properly. Because you know, for example, if you push a button on Buzz Lightyear then his wings pop out. So then, why aren't wings popping out on this crown???

He was having a mini tantrum- which is probably a full blown tantrum for most 3 1/2 year olds- and he was bothered because the buttons weren't working as they should.

My dad had to get his attention, and tell him that it wasn't a "button". He told him that he could try and push it all he wanted, but it wasn't going to make a siren noise or that pushing the rhinestones weren't going to make it start blinking and flashing either.

It was so funny to watch him.

Max said, "What's it for then?!?!?!"
(In a somewhat calmer voice)

My dad told him "Max, it's just there to look pretty. It doesn't do anything."

 He really did just have this look of pure befuddlement.

I mean, I guess it would be sorta cool if you could push one of the rhinestones and something really exciting would happened...... Naaaaaaaaaaah! ;D 

It's perfect just as it is!

• Picture Day •

Every year, with our home school group, we have class pictures. 

Of course every one wants to look their best because that's how you'll be remembered for the rest of your life in what ever grade. 

Everyone wants to look good except for Max.

Yesterday night, when we were getting all of our clothes ready for pictures at 11:30 am the next day, Max decided to go hide away in my room and cut his pretty blond curls. 

He came walking down stairs with a smile on his face, and we all just looked at him for just a moment in shock. 

It seems like little kids always know where it would make the most impact with scissors. 

Max cut his hair in the front on the very top of his head. He looked like a clown... still cute, so he was a cute clown. 

My mom had to just shave his head. 

It was so sad. He had already had a lot his baby curls cut away, but this was for real.

 He had them shaven off. 

Now he looks like a big boy. 

Alyssa and I were just talking about how it's no fun to have a bad hair day on picture day. Max won that award Alyssa! hehe

Well, I'm off to go to swim team.

Hope everyone is having a blessed day so far!

Max

Here is a picture of Max and me, and every time I see it I can't help but laugh! This picture really shows off his personalty! He's like a grumpy old man. I love him to death, and I even love the grumpy old man part!!!