Amazing Ax-Man: January 2022 (Disneyland and Broken Arm)

January 2022, a new year!

Felix hiding under blankets.

Sleepy morning bugging Daddy while he's trying to work.

We wanted to see what Axel looked like with long hair, and the results are hilarious. Also that face reminds me of my cousin Kira when she was little!

25 weeks

Axel's big birthday surprise was a trip to Disneyland!

Day 1 at Disneyland

We stayed in the Star Wars suite. The movie posters were out of order for some odd reason, but I suppressed the urge to fix them.

We got there at opening and headed straight to Tomorrowland to do some rides all 4 of us could go on. First up, Autopia!

Axel is a terrible driver.

The we rode the Buzz Lightyear ride. Felix and I rode it 9 times during our 2 days at Disneyland, there was hardly ever a line.

Astro Orbiter

Such a happy kid!

Axel and Daddy did the big rides. This was Rise of the Resistance, I think.

Space Mountain

Splash Mountain (Jeff is in behind the black bar)

Felix and I did the little kid stuff. We got to meet Pooh.

And Goofy. Felix ran under the ropes both times, whoops.

Jeff took the boys on the teacups.

Felix and I did Storybook Canal.

We walked through Star Wars land.

Haunted Mansion.

Then Felix and I headed home, but he fell asleep before we were even out of the park.

Our room was on the second floor with no elevator, so I had to carry his limp body. I ended up dropping him in the entry while I tried to open the door, but he didn't even wake up.

Nor did he wake up when I changed him into PJs. So tired!

Day 2: California Adventure

Tower of Tower or whatever its called now, they are on the left front row.

Felix wouldn't take a picture with his idol, Spiderman, but Axel did.

This robot thing is really cool. We watched it again later, up close.

Jeff and Axel were able to go on Grizzly Mountain several times in a row, but Jeff got soaked on the last run. Whoops!

Incredicoaster. Axel said he DID enjoy it.

We waited in line for 2 hours to do the new Spiderman Ride. I guess it was worth it because the boys are STILL talking about it 2 months later.

Poor Felix didn't make it through dinner before falling asleep.

Day 3: Back at Disneyland

We wanted to eat lunch at the Cantina, so made a reservation. Turns out its a bar.... So we ordered a couple fruity kid-friendly drinks then had to go find real lunch. But the droids were cool.

The kids loved running around Tom Sawyer's island.

Jeff took covert pictures of me from the Splash Mountain line.

Found you!

Felix stole my pickle.

They got so unbelievably wet!

After Axel and Jeff tried to dry off in the sun (didn't work much), we got pictures taken in front of the castle.

After that we rode a couple more little rides, then called it quits because Jeff and Axel were sopped and Felix was having a meltdown and someone moved our stroller (what the heck?) to a different stroller parking area and it took forever to find it. So we had a yummy Italian dinner after they changed clothes, then hit the hay early.

26 weeks

27 weeks

Felix started a tumbling class. He loved it! And he was super good and following directions, which was a surprise to me.

We went on a walk and Felix tripped and landed like this and just laid there. It was so funny!

Some of Axel's recent art.

I didn't get many pictures, but Nana, Papa, and GG came to visit!

We went to a cool discovery museum right by the Golden Gate Bridge.

28 weeks

Axel the photobomber.

Another day we went on a walk out to a dock.

It had a cool 3-D floor map of our county.

Felix and GG hanging out.

Then Felix fell at the park and broke his arm. Jeff took this picture through the ER window, because they only allowed one parent in. He had to wait in the car for 6 hours!