Rubix Turns 3!

On Thursday I had the privilege of being able to bring cupcakes to Angela's for snack time, after nap time. Rubix was so excited to celebrate his birthday with his friends. He understood that his actual birthday was the next day, but still enjoyed eating 3 mini vegan chocolate cupcakes. 

I was quite happy to enjoy the moment with him. 

 Here are his friends and Angela enjoying cupcakes.

 On Friday morning Rubix woke up knowing it was his birthday. The first thing he asked was, "where are the motorcycles?" He had been asking for over a month and I continually answered that he would get them for his birthday. He was very excited to open his motorcycles and new cars.

 We also were able to go to the doctor for his annual check up. We checked out the fish, as usual, but were a little sad to see that the "buffer fish" was no longer there.

 Rubix had his blood pressure checked for the first time. Kaiser changed their policy from starting at 4 to starting to check blood pressure at 3 years old. He did a great job and was not fearful at all. Rubix weighed a whopping 33.5 pounds, which put him at the 69th percentile. He came in at 3 feet 3 inches which put him at the 84th percentile for height.

 The afternoon of his birthday we enjoyed the beautiful weather with bike riding and airplane flying.

 We ended the day with burgers (requested by Rubix) and cupcakes again! I love these pictures of Rubix and Daddy, and.....

 the three boys.

 Phoenix made a very sweet card for Rubix. I love her airplane and Lighting McQueen that she drew for him. The back side said "Happy birthday Rubix. I love you. You are cute."

 On Saturday we went to Happy Hollow again to celebrate Rubix's birthday. The weather was perfect outside so it was really busy.

 I was able to get the same picture as last year. Love these kids!

 Auntie Shannon, Uncle Ryan, Braylin and Aya met us there again. They brought a surprise, Grandma Susan, who also joined us for the day.

 The 5 cousins!

 A group picture without Rubix!!! He ran ahead to look at the birds!

 The cousins had so much fun playing together.

 I love how much they enjoy each others company. We are looking forward to going to Aya's birthday celebration next month.

 Rubix is the most patient child I know. When he wants to do something he patiently waits. He waited nearly 30 minutes in order to enjoy riding the car for approximately 1-2 minutes.

 He was so happy! Aya enjoyed riding the cars too.

 The older girls rode on the lady bugs while Axel hung out with Grandma.

 Grandma loves hanging out with Mr. Axel. I love how well they get along.

 Rubix decided to not do the plane ride because it was an even longer wait so instead we waited almost half an hour to do the dragon train ride. Again, he was sooooo patient. He enjoyed every minute of this ride smiling ear to ear just like you see in this picture.

 Yesterday evening we ended the day with more airplane flying. Grandma Sonia and Grandpa Bruce sent the wooden airplane gliders. They have been hours of fun. Rubix has also thoroughly enjoyed his other gifts and wants to thank everyone for the thoughtful presents, but most importantly the fun he had speaking and spending time with his family members.

I am taking Rubix to get his 3 year old portraits next Friday, so I might put up a quick post with a couple of  pictures next weekend. 

Axel's birthday celebration and Rubix on the balance bike

It is hard to believe it has been so long since I last posted, but life has been crazy. The biggest curve ball was not having a phone for over 2 weeks as my Samsung Note 4 decided to not turn on one day. I lost every contact, picture and document that was saved on that phone. It was a great break from technology, but a bit nerve racking to not have the ability to call ANYONE or have ANYONE get a hold of me. It was also interesting not having google maps or a camera. I have had my new phone now for 2 weeks so all of these pictures are from the last two weeks.

Rubix has a new found love for his bike. He has spent the entire month since getting back from Hawaii scooting around on his balance bike.I have included a video of him cruising on it at the end of the blog. It is really cool to see how quickly he picked up the skill. He has also become more attached to monkey during his last month as a two year old. Monkey now rides with him in the house, goes to Angela's with him and of course continues to sleep with him as he always has. 

 On the first day of having a camera I felt like I needed to take pictures of the kids so here is a picture of Phoenix and....

 a picture of Axel.

 Axel decided to have his birthday party on March 2nd because he wanted to go to the Lego Movie 2 and he didn't want to interfere with Rubix's birthday or Spring break, which his birthday falls on.

 He had a great time with his friends. Lucas, Shamik, Beibei, Pascal, Selena, and Kristin were all able to make it.  I couldn't get the "10" candles in the hard ice cream sandwiches that Axel requested so I had to hold the candles. Good thing we sang quickly :)

Here is Lucas and Axel enjoying the homemade "its it's" that Axel wanted to have in place of a cake this year.

 Movie, food, and play, what more can a kid ask for?

 Phoenix enjoyed going to Adella's birthday party this past weekend. She had the privilege of painting a unicorn at Color Me Mine.

 She really loved playing with Mason. She really missed Mason from Challenger. They are very cute together. I guess having two brothers, helps her get along with the boys and play chase.

 The past few days have been an amazing change from all of the rain we have had. We have had sunshine and really enjoyed the time change with the extra light at night. We have been able to play until 6:30 ot 7pm outside. Here Phoenix and Rubix are enjoying the basketball hoop that is in the court down the street from us.

 Axel started track this week. Here he is "chasing" Kristin. He ended up catching her at the end of their 400 meter effort. It was really windy and cold on Tuesday when he went. He still managed a 1:40 time, which is a PR for him. The best time was a 1:30 by a 5th grader. We were proud of his effort.

 Today was a beautiful day. Sunny and warm.

 Daddy got to join in on some basketball fun after work/school.

Here is the video of Rubix riding his balance bike. The kid rides for a 20-40 minutes a day. He absolutely loves it!

Tomorrow Rubix turns 3! I plan on writing a post about him. I might even get to it this weekend so check back soon!