Gramma's Visit

Gramma came to visit again. We tried to go on a hike at Teatown Reservoir, but the meteorologists have their heads stuck where the sun don't shine and didn't inform us that it would POUR!!! So we probably walked about 1/8th of a mile before giving up!

Mama duck with 9 ducklings!

Can you tell how hard the rain was slapping the water? It was crazy!

Wet selfie!

Defeated, we headed to the park right near our house to have our picnic lunch. It started drizzling on us there too.

Gramma brought her Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Superhero lego men for Ax to play with! He was in heaven!

We found the funniest toy ever! Love that laugh!

We took a trip to the zoo! He is finally tall enough to see out of the prairiedog holes by himself!

Cutest little dude I ever did see.

Gramma petting a miniature donkey.

Me feeding the alpacas. Axel likes to feed the sheep and goats, but won't do the other animals.

Our favorite quiet lunch spot had some visitors! The gorillas usually don't come over to that part of their enclosure, but when they do we get them all to ourselves!

Riding the bug carousel.

We went to Legoland! I wasn't sure what to expect since it is in a shopping center, but Axel had lots of fun.

Axel and Gramma riding a ride where you shoot skeletons and trolls to save the castle.

They had some buildings from NYC set up.

They also had some Phantom Menace scenes.

Racing the pod racers.

They had a 4D Lego Movie short. Axel enjoyed getting sprayed with water!

Building cars to race!

Gramma's one request for this visit was to go to Valley Forge, which is near Philadelphia. So we drove the 2 and a half hours and made a day trip out of it.

Axel as Martha Washington.

Trying to play the hoop game.

Can you find Gramma?

PB&J selfie!

That face kills me! Haha!

Washington's headquarters.

He made it until 4:30 keeping up with all the walking and getting in and out of the car. He was a trooper for sure! Finally passed out so Gramma got out by herself at the last couple stops of the drive.

 I bribed him to be good at Valley Forge by promising frozen yogurt. A well placed bribe goes a long way.

This is called "Enjoying the New Rug"

We visited our favorite farm. Axel gets freaked out by the cows, so he is slowly backing away.

On Gramma's last day we drove up to Croton Gorge Park to have a picnic lunch and look at the cool dam.

Learning how to climb a tree.

We had a great visit with Gramma! Thanks for coming!

Memorial Day Weekend and Other Happenings

Axel does the funniest things with his legos. Here is a stormtrooper in a toaster.

Jimmy John's! (best sub sandwiches)

Celebratory gelato after getting a camera up his nose to check for a possible edamame bean (couldn't find it).

Anyone else have this problem? Toys in the bed when he is supposed to be sleeping?

What a cute midge fly.

For Memorial Day, we went to the Kensico Dam park to have a picnic and play baseball.

What amazing form!

We got caught in the rain while walking home from the library! We were soaked!

Pretending the mop is a tank.

We received Alex's graduation announcement, and Axel took everything else off his bulletin board to "make room."  

Jeff and I decided to try the famous marshmallow challenge on Axel, but Jeff did it kinda wrong (your supposed to leave the kid alone with the 1 marshmallow for a few minutes to see if they decide to eat it) but Axel has never cleaned up his toys faster!

We had a long day of helping friends while their mom attended to a family emergency. This was at 4:30 when we finally had a quiet moment. Poor tired boy! He has been trying to phase out naps, but he still needs them!

On Axel's last day of gymnastics, they had each kid do a circuit. He was kinda being a pill that day in class, but he still did a good job! (I know that none of you can imagine him being a pill, but it is true)