Grandpa's Visit (and Fourth of July)

I feel like we ran Grandpa ragged this trip! We had so many fun activities!

But first, books.

Axel has been so excited to go to the Dinosaur Safari at the Zoo, and we were finally able to go!

Felix cuddling Grandpa.

A fossil dig.

Felix watching the lemurs and tortoises.

Axel the prairie dog.

The anteater came out to say hi.

Grandpa bought Axel a Spinosaurus (Axel is holding it in this picture) and it is a prized possession!

We love the monorail at the zoo! Except Felix. He just wanted that water bottle.

 

Felix finally fell asleep as we LEFT the zoo (after over 5 hours of walking around!)

Dinner at Pepe's.

Felix has been crawling up on things and trying to pull up. Yay Felix!

Sorry about the bonk at the end.

Axel and Grandpa went to Legoland Discovery Center.

Making the lego set Grandpa bought him.

The stop-motion bug bit Axel. Grandpa was a good sport and helped him.

Behind-the-scenes of one of their stop motion videos.

For the Fourth of July, we went down to Coney Island!

Axel's face is amazing!

We were sopping wet.

Axel wanted to go on this one, but was terrified once he was on it!

We went way too fast on the teacups.

It was so crowded on the beach. Luckily we weren't there for that!

We went to the Brooklyn Cyclones baseball game.

Then watched fireworks! It took us over 2 hours to get home (and an hour of that was just trying to leave the parking lot), but it was worth it!

Playing with Grandpa before he had to head to the airport.

We had such a fun time with Grandpa! Sorry if we wore you out!

Father's Day, Nana and Papa Visit, and End of School Year

Jeff had a REAL father's day this year, complete with Axel getting sick on the stand at church during the primary's song (he made it to the bathroom, thank goodness) while I was at a different church building and couldn't help out... Sorry honey!

Axel and I made Jeff a comic. Also Felix said "Dada" for the first time.

Axel also had an asthma flair up, so had to miss a day of school. He had so much fun at home, as you can see. Poor guy.

Alex entertaining Felix with a yoyo.

I bought these foam pieces to help cushion around our couch when he tries to pull up, but I decided to try to use them as a barrier first.

Didn't even last 2 minutes.

Playing ball while standing up. Bend your knees, baby! Also, Axel's laugh is the best.

Axel has been such a big helper. Here he figured out a way to hold the grocery bag for me.

Showing off his T-ball trophy.

Last day of soccer!

Nana and Papa came out to visit! Axel and Nana playing Stratego.

Papa reading to Felix.

We swam at the hotel pool.

Axel brought a bunch of stuff home from school, and I found this in his alphabet book. He and Jeff are reading "The Lord of the Rings" together.

Such a good speller!

Looks just like him.

Some Pokemon he made up.

"Fancy Day" at school!

Last day of kindergarten!

What a difference a year makes!

Felix is 1!

 Felix turned 1! Can you even believe it?

Posing with all his birthday loot. We celebrated a couple days early while Nana and Papa were visiting.

Trying to figure out how to get the cupcake out.

Sorry that this is sideways. Youtube changed their editor and deleted the "rotate" function. Boo!

I took some pictures at the park on his actual birthday. He is so handsome!

Coach Axel's Exercise Videos

Coach Axel gives pointers on how to exercise with a pull-up bar.

#1 of the day

#2 of the day

Sharing a room and starting to crawl

The boys are now officially sharing a room! Alex is living with us for the summer so we reorganized the bedrooms to make it work.

Axel was LESS than excited about it at first. He handed me this drawing BEFORE they even tried sleeping together.  It says, "I'm sad because I can't fall asleep because Felix is crying." It actually has gone really well!

I have caught them having sweet moments several mornings. Axel is such a sweetheart! Here he has given Felix a stuffed animal and is reading him a book.

Is it ok to cry over spilled milk? Ugh.

Felix is obsessed with doors.

Felix's desperate face from trying to get at the Sorry gameboard. He was relentless!

Papa was here for a few days to drop Alex off. Here we are heading to lunch. Felix makes such a cute dinosaur.

Catch is funny.

This kid won 6 out of 7 Uno games.

Victory dance!

Felix officially can crawl! Yay!

I'm kind of biased, but my boys are the most beautiful kids.

At lunch with friends, Lewis and Felix found each other to be hilarious!

Axel's "Big Play" of 2019.

Felix thinks that anything Axel does is funny.

"V is for Veterinarian" for Alphabet Day at school.

More laughing! 

Axel likes Felix after all.

 It has been a fun couple of weeks with Alex here, and the boys getting along with sharing a room. Felix is so giggly and I love it!