Friday, October 23, 2009

The boy turned FIVE!!!

I can't believe I missed posting a blog on Alex's birthday. Five years old! It's a momentous birthday! But to give those of you who (for the first time) were not able to attend his party an idea of what you missed, look at this video.



And this is early in the party BEFORE they got even crazier. We were supposed to get a bounce house and have the party in the back yard, but the weather conspired against us to give us a cold and rainy Sunday. So the bouncer was canceled, the furniture moved against the walls and we had 12 kids ranging in age from 4 to 7 inside the house.


We unfortunately didn't get a whole lot of pictures. Hard to get non-blurry ones when you've got a bunch of kiddos running around. But here's a few:


Grace's welcome sign posted on the door.


Kids loving each other before the party. Alex is wearing the birthday crown Grace made him.


The cake Alex picked out to go with his Batman-themed party.


We started out with superhero coloring while waiting for everyone to arrive.


Alex poses in front of his Pin The Batsignal in the Sky game before the game is played.


After the game is played. The winner got her signal suspiciously in the EXACT correct spot. I'm thinking that blindfold wasn't tied very well on that one.


We tried out some new games that were a hit.


And the wonderful shot of my big boy blowing his candles out. I love that guy so much!

3 comments:

Unknown said...

We miss you guys so much! Wish we could have been there. I still have Grace's Birth-Day present. Eventually I will get the presents in the mail!
Love looking at your updates and pictures! Love you!

Dijea said...

Holy Smokes that child has CHANGED since you left. He looks so much older.

Gwacie said...

I WOULD of won if Mom didn't tell me to put the pin somewhere else.