Paper!!

Train Wreck Mommy and Daddy let me open my first Christmas gift on Monday evening from Aunt Maggie and Uncle Dudley.

I'm interested.  Yet, cautious.

Paper!!  Paper!  Paper!  Paper!

Investigating.

Together.

Apart!!!

Aunt Maggie and Uncle Dudley, thank you so much for my Charlie Brown Christmas book and ornaments.  Mommy and I already read the book, and we put the ornaments on the tree.  We were looking for more Christmas books!

In other news ... I started dragging around my lambie blankie (from Auntie Mandy) on the floor.  Lambie Blankie and I want to go everywhere.  Daddy thinks I'm helping him mop!

Did you start celebrating the holidays yet?

-Mad Max

Weekend Update: Remembering and More

This weekend marked the 10th Anniversary of September 11th, 2001.  For those of you counting, I was not born quite yet, but my Mommy explained that it was a very sad but important day in our recent history. Stay tuned ... in my next blog, I have a photo dedicated to 9/11/01.

In the meantime ... my Weekend Update:

Train Wreck Mommy and Daddy took me to the Houston Zoo for my weekend outing.  Daddy is trying to point out very important animals in the Children's Zoo.  I am just trying not to gag on the skunk smell.

Finally!  A photo with Mommy!  Mommy, look ... I am almost as big as you.

This weekend at home I started to show off my monkey (climbing) skills.  Honestly, what I was really trying to say was ... um, Mommy!  Mommy!  It's time to update the blog.  Let me go ahead and get the laptop.

Sunday also marked my F1RST (not counting Pre-Season) Texans game.  I'm practicing my kicking skills by kicking some blocks and balls at home.

Hey, brother!  Hey, feline ... let's having a crawling race.  Your fur can't handle me right now.

Giggle fits with Daddy (not a modeling session).

"Cousin" Reid and "Cousin" Dylan stopped by on Sunday with "Auntie" Eek too (Auntie Eek, we forgot to take a photo together!  Oh, Mommy).  Wow, check out Dylan the scene stealer.  Need I say more?

Um, you boys can go ahead and pose for a photo.  I'm taking off this way.  I heard Daddy pouring me a Scotch.  (Come visit again soon, Robertson crew!!)

And how did everyone else spend their weekend?

-Mad Max

Where are you Mad Max?

Fans!  I'm sorry I've been away ... we (me, Train Wreck Mommy, my Hero Daddy) have been having so many AC problems, and we've been away from home a lot ...which means, Mommy doesn't always bring my laptop for blogging (with all of my photos and such!).

Also we took a great trip to Austin.  I even went swimming for the first time!  (More on that soon).

As soon as all is back to normal (hopefully as soon as possible this week) ... then I will kick back with a bib, nice Scotch, and blog.

In the meantime, please enjoy a recent blog from my Auntie Tam about Baby Shower gifts: Down That Little Lane.

Love,
Mad Max

Happy Father's Day and Sweating in my Diapers

I also call my diapers ... my pampies (even though I don't even wear Pampers).  I wear nothing, I say!  Haha ... (Actually I usually wear Seventh Generation Diapers that Train Wreck Mommy and Hero Daddy buy on Diapers.com).

But I am getting off topic ... I'm sorry I was away for more days than I thought I would be.  Our AC went crazy (and it's 1,000 degrees outside, as Mommy would say)... so we had to take off to Gma and Gpa A's house for several days (thanks for putting up with the Train Wreck and her sidekicks!) ...and of course Mommy left my laptop at home.  Wow.  At least I am back.  I will share with you a photo from today when we returned home ... the AC was still broken (see: sweating in my pampies), but it is now fixed.

Happy F1RST Father's Day to my Daddy, my hero!  I love you!  And of course also Happy Father's Day to Gpa J (Grampi) and Gpa A (Pops)!  Love you both.

My real Father's Day positing will come soon.  I will show you how much Scotch we drank between all of us.  Happy Father's Day to all Dads!

How do you keep cool this summer ... ?  How did you celebrate Father's Day?

-Mad Max

Art Thursdays: Is That Hair On My Cheese?

As you may remember from last week, Train Wreck Mommy and I are doing "Art Thursdays" this summer ... (and from what I've heard ...this may continue beyond summer ... with all of her mumblings).  Be sure to check out our Art Thursday from last week if you missed it.

We went to The Menil Collection.  It was actually my second visit.  I'm really trying to hone my craft of being a successful Super Infant Art Critic.  I don't think I blogged about my first visit because Mommy of course was a Train Wreck when we went back to school.  But I will share with you a photo from our first visit at the Menil with Daddy.

Tomorrow I will go ahead and share a few more photos from my first visit.

I don't have any photos from the Menil to share from today because 1) Mommy is a Train Wreck, 2) We were alone, 3) It was 1,000 Degrees, and 4) There are some crazy rules about taking photos in the museum.  So that all adds up, right?

So a few highlights though from our Art Thursday at the Menil.

1) I saw a piece of hairy cheese.  One may ask ... how is this art?  What does it mean?  What is the artist trying to say?  Why is the hair so long?  But instead, I of course asked ... how might that hair look on top of my head?

Be sure to read more about the artist, Robert Gober, and the hairy cheese.

2) Considering the fact that it's been 1,000 degrees in Houston for what seems like at least two months straight, Upside Down, Arctic Realities was more than your typical art experience.  You must read about it and go visit for yourself.  The exhibition space is transformed into an arctic place of wonder ... displaying artifacts from of course arctic regions of the world.  Mommy and I were experiencing and discussing the masks when I was so comfy that I fell asleep in my sling, dreaming of a colder climate.

3) Mommy also treated me to a new book, Andy Warhol's Colors.  He is one of my favs.

And finally, I also enjoyed meeting and discussing art with Mommy's friends and old co-workers from the Menil - Jennifer and Amy.  I'm glad you got to see me!

Then we met Mommy's friend Brownie at Cafe Brasil, and we also went to check out the best bookstore in Houston, Domy.  We tried to be artsy with our photos:

We have some work to do, huh, Mommy?

And I did crazy eyes with Brownie:

Stay tuned tomorrow I'll share photos and memories from my first visit to the Menil.

Do you have art days with your Super Kids?  What do y'all do?  

Do you have any favorite cafes in your city?

-Mad Max