It's Axel's Day

Axel Brimley Schiess is four years old today.

Here are the two Axel stories Richard just told me. Perhaps they'll appear on Richard's Facebook, but I don't do Facebook, as you may know.


Story #1
Axel asked for mini pizza. Richard explained they were all gone. Axel said, "Here's how it works. If you want to go to the store and buy me mini pizzas, you leave home."

By the way, Axel was listening and corrected his dad in the telling. Richard said "you leave now." Axel said, "No dad. You leave home."

It's the "Here's how it works" part that gets me.

Story #2
The other day they drove to their mom's place of work. Richard parked his truck next to hers, and Penelope asked, "How come we always park here, next to Mom's truck?"  Axel said, "Because we love her. Duh."

Happy Birthday to a very smart boy. Good looking, too.