::first day and stuff::

Here's the man on his way to his official first day of school.

He said he had a great time, and his teacher told me he seemed very comfortable and played well with the other kids. And what more could a mother want to hear?

I'm going to have to become a little more efficient in order to get things done while he's gone though. Yesterday I dropped him off, ran to the post office, went the gym and by the time I got home and showered and stuff there were only a few minutes left for me to do some work. I'm sure I'll get it figured out.

On Sunday morning I wanted to take a picture of Max out on the front steps.

I wanted Grandpa Guy to see Max's cool new knit tie. Want to borrow it Dad?
And then this happened.

What kind of a face is this exactly? I'm just glad it didn't get stuck that way.
Then Kris came out and took a some pictures of Max and I.
I actually like these.





This last one is my favorite I think.
Max makes the goofiest faces in pictures sometimes. He does this thing where he thrusts his lower jaw forward and then he smiles that way. Do you recognize it? Have you seen it before?

Well anyway, then the best part of all this is that our upstairs neighbor was going out to his car and noticed we were taking pictures. He came over and asked if we wanted a picture with all three of us!
And since that almost never happens we said YES!
And he did a pretty good job too. Luckily I had my camera on some pretty user friendly settings.

There's max's goofy smile again, and Kris is squinting as always, but besides that it's a fun family picture!
But this one below is my favorite.

Well, besides the fact that my son has his eyes closed. Shouldn't I be able to somehow magically erase his eyelids in photoshop?

Anyway, I'm happy to have a couple of fun pictures of all three of us for once.

Today it's supposed to rain a lot in the afternoon. Since Max doesn't have school today we're taking it easy. Once it starts raining we'll probably watch some movies and I'll do some work. It should be cozy.
We have a Disney World vacation planned for December, and Max still hasn't seen many of the old standard Disney movies, so we're working on that. It's like a little Mom & Max research project. We've been getting the movies from the library right around the corner, so that's pretty fun. Yesterday we watched some old Mickey Mouse cartoons. Until yesterday Max didn't know who Donald Duck or Goofy was! Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Who knows.

Later tonight we're feeding all four of the elders (the missionaries) that are serving in our ward. It should be fun, but I expect to be cleaned out of food by the time they leave. They almost never get fed by members out here, so they're extra excited and probably extra hungry.

Have a happy Tuesday!

********Look how amazing my mom is. She fixed our family photo! I think she's magical.