I choose YOU!

In case you aren't familiar, that is the line from Pokemon cartoons, which is the party we had for Alex this past Sunday.

First off, I had a lot of explaining to do to the boy on how you CAN have your party on a day other than your actual birthday. After a lot of tears on his end ("But I won't be six yet") and a lot of assurances on my end ("If you have your party on a Monday most people can't come") what finally convinced him was the realization that he would get presents from his friends on Sunday and then MORE presents from family on Monday.


The Pikachu cake I made all by myself. I think I did a pretty good job for having never taken any cake decorating classes!


The Drifloons we made for decoration. They are the balloon Pokemon - feel free to google it and you can see what a good job the kids and I did on them.



We played some Pokemon bingo.


Find the Pokeballs in the back yard. Think of Easter egg hunting, but for little styrofoam balls colored like red and white Pokeballs. Thank goodness the weather was perfect.


A little hanging out with friends.


And of course yummy cake.


We didn't get a very good group shot of all the party attendees, but everyone did seem to have a good time. We seemed to get so many shots of Alex with a big grin on his face, so I know at least the birthday boy was happy.

Almost 6

I just thought I'd post a few soccer pics of Alex from last weekend. To me they really show how much the boy has grown, both in size and in maturity. Last year there is no way he would have been participating like this. I know the biggest part of his eagerness to play is the fact that his two best friends are playing on the team with him (and their dads are the two coaches). But I don't think that would have been enough of an incentive for him just one year ago.





This picture I really like because it has Alex (in the light blue), Peter (pointing) and Henry (red hair) - the Three Musketeers.