Thanksgiving Number 2 and more

Happy Thanksgiving from the Szolusha's!


To start off where I ended last week,Dad and Sonia, my dad and stepmother arrived late Sunday night. They have been a great help with getting little things done around the house and hanging out with Axel as Keith and I have had time to ride and spend some time together.

I will jump right to the good stuff and fast forward to this past Thursday which was Thanksgiving. We had a great laid back day as we went to the Mountain Winery for Dinner at 3:30pm. This was the perfect timing so that Axel could get his nap in and so that Keith and I could go for a ride in the morning. Dinner was fabulous and the greatest thing about it was no preparation or clean up was needed.

Axel was an absolute angel at dinner. He sat on my lap and actually allowed me to eat as he ate. This has never happened at any dining experience outside of our house. We sat right next to the jazz band, which I think helped entertain him.
Of course, Axel mostly enjoyed pumpkin pie again, although he did eat a little bread and deep fried apple crisps as well. Here he is enjoying the pie.

After his sugar high Grandma, Axel and daddy played with Mr. Donkey and Llama, that Grammy Goodrow got him when we were in Boston.



After the sugar high came crashing down, so did Axel as he decided to take a break to lie flat on the floor.

Here is a great picture of Grandma and Grandpa and the beautiful view. The Winery overlooks most of the South Bay.

On Friday we headed to Sacramento to see the rest of the Burgess Family. Axel had fun playing with all of his second cousins toys, especially the trampoline. He is still a little young to play with them, but he is becoming more interactive every day it seems.


Here Axel is with the lovely host, my cousin, Jill. Jill is the one who gives all of her three boys cloths to Axel when her youngest, now 3, grows out of them. It has been such a wonderful blessing to not have to go shopping. Especially because Keith and I both hate shopping! Thanks Jill!

Speaking of shopping we decided to get Axel a car for Christmas. We didn't have to give him any lessons. He was able to unlock the door and took to the manual transmission more quickly than myself :)



Actually, we were kind of weirded out that Axel wanted to play with daddy's car, especially since the last time he was in the car, he screamed/cried for nearly an hour and a half on the way home from Jill's.

On a happier note, Grandma helped me put up the Christmas tree, which was a lovely treat. We hadn't decorated a tree together in well over 10 years. It brought back many wonderful memories.

We are excited to have one more week with Grandma and Grandpa before they head back to the Midwest. We have lots of fun adventures planned for the week, so make sure to check back next week for more great Axel news.