Axel is 4!

Counting up to Axel's fourth birthday!  My little boy is all growed up!

Thrilled with Cars2                                                            

He'll always be a John Deere Man

Thank you Lora for the banner....

And the chocolate bar which he ended up eating for breakfast.  -shrug- At least he shared with Grady.

The batman pj's were a huge hit Tennille and Mom!

He loves his spiderman sunglasses and won't share them at all with Grady.  Thanks Murf!

Thanks for the Harley shirt and pin for his vest Grandma and Grandpa Hubbard.

Can you tell that he loves his Captain America?

Wolverine, his all time favorite X-men

The sound effects immediately began when Batman was unveiled                                                                                        

I don't know who enjoyed the figurines more, Eli or Axel.  They both seemed to have fun playing with them all together.  

And here is the cake that I have been planning for a long time and it turned out exactly how I wanted it to!  Axel couldn't make up his mind between wolverine and batman so I decided to just do both and he loved it.

Axel's wolverine cupcake cake.  It was totally Eli's idea to use candles for the claws which I thought was a brilliant idea.  But it ended up turning out pretty darn good.  

I made t-shirt capes for everyone that came to his party and the kids loved it.

July 12 of 12 and some other randomness

1-This is how I felt when I woke up this morning
2-We started off this morning with a mini-marathon of Shaun the Sheep
3- Axe woke up with PMS today.  I learn to pick my battles  and today I didn't pick very many hence the popcorn bag  from Target for breakfast
4- I always get excited when I get new dishrags!...I got new dishrags!
5-Axel pretending to be trapped and tied down with a twig.  He is so creative.  I absolutely love it!
6- Grady's obsession:  CARS
7- I am actually planning a birthday party for Axel.  He picked Batman invites so.."Calling All Heros..."
8- I made spoons that resembles the boys.  Grady was quite impressed with his spoon!
9- And here are the spoon avatars of the boys camping for the night in too small of a tent.
10- Cotton Candy Tongues Baby!
11- I got new running shoes and actually tried them out.  I know,  Are you impressed or what?  The ole ipod shuffle is the only thing that gets me through.
12-Eli was gone on a scout camp out so I scrapbooked til 4:30 in the morning...oops!  But guess what?  I am all caught up, which is quite a feat!   

Thanks for the haul of Cars Grandma Pennie!

The boys got a tour of the fire department.  Axel looked shell shocked the whole time and then he finally opened up when they let him sit in the drivers seat.  Grady was Mr. Curious George.

Twinners.  I love those boys.

Kisses for the Big Brother.

Oh the fun to be had with an old shower curtain.  What a goober.

Grady doesn't sleep walk or sleep talk but he is the king of sleep eating!

Grady might need a smaller helmet what do you think?

It must have been hot cause Grady came to me demanding that I take off his shirt at the park today.  

Our fourth of July celebration...Spiderman came with us!  Doesn't he look thrilled?

Visitors!

 Here the Hubbard household is getting all lonely in the Big Sky and we get a double dose of much needed and wanted company from the my big sis and her family and Eli's parents.  Boy for us having visitors is like Christmas for us, so we treat it as such and eat like it's a holiday and play like it's a holiday!  Mariah, Alan, and the girls were the first ones to arrive at the end of June.  We had a blast playing games, watching movies and showing them the sites of Bozeman...including but not limited to hiking the M and swimming with the ducks at Bozeman Pond.

The happy crew at the beginning of the hike...I guess that is why they look so happy! 

Halfway to the top

Aww..a family picture.  Let me tell you Grady was thrilled to be in that back carrier.

I told you he was thrilled!

Aww...Sisters!

Mariah and Axel,her shadow during their visit, he collected a bouquet of wildflowers for her...I guess I am chopped liver.

Another family photo much to Eli's pure joy and satisfaction! But I had to document us actually making it to the M on the mountain. 

Axe and Tess scoping out the view.

A perfect time for me to discover the panoramic feature on the camera.  It gives you a taste of what was waiting for us at the top.  Well worth the hike!  Isn't Bozeman beautiful?

Eli carried the "load" on the way down.  Don't worry he fell asleep with Eli...he bawled with me.  I really am chopped liver.

A day after Murr left was the also much anticipated arrival of Lisa and Neil.  We did a lot of movie watching and a lot of late-night-slap-happy games of Rummy!  We were pretty bummed when it came time for them to go home.

You'll never guess who Grandpa's shadow was the entire week.  Axel went EVERYWHERE with Grandpa, he wore what Grandpa wore, he ate what Grandpa ate and drank what he drank (Coke).  I think he is going through withdrawals without his regular bike rides and his regular Coke fixes.  He was asleep when he left and I knew the minute he was awake because I could hear him wailing from the room..."Graaaammpa"  It was so heartbreaking that I may have shed a few tears myself.

We tried out Music on Main where they close down a couple blocks and a live band plays.  It was pretty good aside from the "edgy" women and boozers.  Can you tell we didn't stay very long?

Grades sporting the tiger visor that Grandma and Grandpa gave him and Axe.

We decided to celebrate Neil's birthday a little early with a banana bars cake and mustard colored frosting.  The decorating was kind of last minute and apparently I am out of every color but yellow.  Good times.

Eli's father's day shirt I made him...For those of you who can't see it it reads, "Team Tyler's Van  because even if Edward doesn't regret saving Bella, We do!"  He loved it!  He also got Sherlock Holmes and swedish fish.  He is such a great dad and deserves a lot more.  I still don't know what I ever did to be lucky enough to be married to him!!  I love you, Hub!

June 12 of 12

 Well, another month has come and gone and here is the evidence of the passing time...

 1- Apparently the particular scene in Hercules was mesmorizing.  He had that same look on his face for almost 15 minutes all the while tickling his own belly with his blanket.  He cracks me up.

2- Grady has begun sound effects.  They say boys are born automatically equipped with car and gun noises and Grady fits the standard.  His Vroom sound is the best!  He gets irrate if it's not acknowledged.
3- My laundry helpers.  Axel loves hanging the shirts He will ask, "little one or big one?"  It's a great deal...he loves thte job and I love the company.  If you didn't notice the hangers double as a bow and arrow.  The result is many a broken hanger.
4-Grady Mack Hubbard.  I found the overalls that say, "Built Like a Mack".  Could that be any more perfect.  It's true too cause Grady is one tough cookie.
5-I babysit a boy named Colby and he happened to get a bloody nose so I made it into a "bloody" good time.  Pardon the pun, it was unavoidable.  Tissue plugs all around.  The boys thought it was awesome.  So did I, plus Colby didn't feel so weird...Bonus!
6-What can I say..I am a list person.  I get great satisfaction from checking things off.  The kids seem to enjoy that too.  Plus it made clean up a breeze since it was on the list!
7-Pet Peeve: stepping on cooked Ramen noodles all day.  A pet peeve I didn't really know I had until today.  Just when you think you have sweeped them all up...
8-My recent project of writing and laminating all my recipes with a picture. I'm a visual person and it helps me decide the menu.  Aren't they beautiful?  I love them.

9- Axel dresses himself if you can't tell.  The backwards hat is a new development to his recent ensambles, but the 18 month size belly shirt is not.  He loves that thing because it is a monkey riding a motorcycle with flames..What's not to love?  The shorts and cowboy boots combo is also a regular with him, and definitely not worth picking a fight over.  Wolverine wears boots so he does it to be like his newest hero..Wolverine. Still I think overall he pulls off the look quite well.

10- Look at that face.  You just try to keep that monkey off the big side of the jungle gym.  He is unstoppable.

11- Kisses from the mother figure.  His face is just munchable..like I said before..look at that face!

12- Funny faces, no shirt, captain America pajama bottoms = a great end to a great day.

Axel got a certificate for his first half year of preschool.  They had a big bash to celebrate the end of school.

They put on a performance where they turned into butterflies.  He did great!

Girls still have cooties I guess.

This was one of the pictures of Axel from preschool.  Looks like fun.  This picture cracks me up big time!  (see what I mean about the monkey motorcycle shirt)

And this is how I usually spend my day.

 

And this.

And the boy is finally home.  Watch out ladies he is single and he plays a mean guitar!!

Just like old times  It almost felt like he never left!  We are glad you are home little bro!

Well almost all girls have cooties...but not Lillya.  She is the lucky one that Axel was kissing all during Primary a couple of months ago.  After that we made sure to have the talk with him...the talk meaning giving only high fives and hugs to girls until he is married!  We will see how well it works.

His PJ's say "Chicks dig Scars" and boy does he have a scar that the chicks will dig.