Axel is a teenager!!!!

On March 18th, it was finally time to donate my hair. Keith really wanted me to take a before and after photo, so here they are. 

Axel had a school dance, for the second time, that same night. Here he is looking very handsome. 

On Saturday, he had an escape room birthday party and made his own birthday cake. 

Rubix received a corn hole game for his birthday and loves to play it. Here he is on one of his hundreds of throws. 

After the Escape room they hung out at a Boba Tea place for some snacks and birthday cake. 

Happy birthday Axel!!!

Axel "blowing out" the candles Covid style with his arm. 

Phoenix was at a friend's house and Rubix and I met Axel after the escape room. Here Rubix is enjoying a bento box. 

Here, the parents have started to arrive for pick up. 

I was able to go through some of the photos posted on the Harker website and found this one of Rubix on St. Patrick's day. He is wearing the jersey that Keith purchased in Ireland. It was a big hit!

I also found this photo of him during math lab where they children build 3 dimensional structures with gummies and tooth picks. 

I also found this picture of him playing table tennis with Walker, before swim practice. 

Rubix was student of the week, just before Spring break. Phoenix loved helping get his poster ready. 

Axel on March 31st! The first time he was at school for his birthday since he started at Harker. Historically, his birthday always fell during Spring break and then there was the pandemic. Harker moved Spring break by a week, so he actually got to have free dress on his special day.

The birthday boy ordered yummy croissants for his birthday breakfast and spinach ravioli for dinner. 

It is hard to believe that he is a teenager. He is such a wonderful child with so many great things to offer. He is sweet, patient and kind. He is funny, loving and caring. He is such a wonderful big brother to his siblings. 

I couldn't be more proud of him. His teachers adore him and he is starting to learn who he is and what makes him happy.

I am not sure if I mentioned last time, but he placed in one of his math competitions called BAMO (Bay area math olympiad) and had the proof of the question that he received a perfect on, printed on the back of a t-shirt. 

Axel has been running track and continuing with the swim team. He qualified to run the 800 and the 1200 in the track meet on May 6th and 7th. His best time for the 800 is a 2 min 50 sec and his PR for the 1200 is 4 min 24 sec. 

I love this picture of him laughing at the five he received from GG Eick. I told him, he will never be too old to be loved by his family. Thank you GG Eick!

We had our first BBQ with our good old friends. Denny, Tick, KP and Dai came for a ride up Montebello and lunch/dinner. It was a joyous day of reconnecting. 

We also went to Marshall Lane for the first time in a long time. We thought it was hysterical that Axel is tall enough to stand and "do" the monkey bars. 

To give you an idea of how big the kids are getting, here is a fun picture of Axel at 5 foot 2.5 inches and Phoenix at 4 feet 9inches.