Fun, Busy Times

Time continues to fly by in the Szolusha household. Our days and weekends are action packed. It seems like Axel's social calendar is becoming just as busy as ours. Before I get ahead of myself I will start off from where we left off. Axel and Keith surprised me with a wonderful Mother's day. It started off with the most gourmet breakfast burritos that Keith has ever made. Then they picked me a beautiful bouquet of flowers from our yard while I got to go for a ride. For dinner they took me out to eat at the Wine Cellar in Los Gatos. Axel scarfed his spaghetti, while Keith enjoyed duck and I enjoyed a very delicious seafood dish. We were a bit early for our reservations so we burned some time across the street at the Gap. Axel was absolutely fascinated with the manikins.

You can tell we don't get out much. I can see how it was foreign for him to see fake, non-moving "people".

He was even more amazed by the kid manikins.

We managed to grab a couple of photos on our way out after dinner.

Daddy and Axel being silly.

Axel has had a couple of play dates with Rishaan, but he has been hanging out with Max more because Rishaan has been out of town and busy with family gatherings. Max and Axel have been getting along great. We have been having lunch picnics in the park across the street from our house on Thursdays.

We also ventured out to Salinas to watch Monster Jam. Max and his father, along with the three of us, carpooled together. It was a complete blast. Axel and Max LOVED it.

Keith and Axel officially decided it was going to be an annual father/son date from here on out. We had perfect seats. We were nice and high up on the bleachers so it wasn't too loud and we lucked out with shade that 70% of the audience didn't have :)

We are finally replacing the carpet in our front room. We are sticking with the lowest profile carpet which is a loop carpet to prevent any allergy issues with both Keith and Axel. Keith and I are excited that he was able to handle the current carpet without any allergy problems. We thought for sure that we would have to replace it with hardwood floors like the rest of the house. However, because of the success the past two years, we will get to continue to enjoy the carpet room. Axel loves playing in there. It has become more of a play room than a living room, which we are completely okay with. We are actually glad that we use all of the rooms in our house. At any rate, both Axel and Louis had fun picking out the carpet.

Louis liked the bigger loop carpet because it was softer, but that was really not an option.

This morning Axel and I met Mason and his mom at the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo. They had an absolute blast. The inside of the place, or the museum, was like a small version of the big Discovery Museum in San Jose. The science displays were all interactive and kept the children quite occupied.

The inside also had a fun tunnel and climbing rope the kids could play in and on. Axel and Mason of course, loved the bug tunnel.

The outside consisted of a small zoo. After two hours of fun the two of them enjoyed a picnic and then we headed home for nap time.

We will be attending Max's birthday party Monday morning/afternoon and then we have a neighborhood BBQ in the park that evening. Keith is going to enjoy some fun racing tomorrow and Monday. We also think we may get out to some of the sales to buy Axel a twin mattress, and possibly a new refrigerator, grill and microwave. We will see what deals we can find :) Thanks for reading. We hope you all enjoy the long weekend. We also would love prayers for my Aunt Susan. Please pray for a full recovery as she is very ill. Thanks!