Alexander's 4th Birthday

Alexander turned four today! He has been asking if it was his birthday every day for two weeks. So, it's been a long two weeks for him. Before we get to the festivities, here's a picture of Glenn in his tye-dye shirt he made on our vacation in VA.

 

We opened presents Saturday night (for various reasons). It turned out not to be such a good idea because the boys didn't fall asleep until after 9:30, because they were so excited. Alexander's reaction to each gift was awesome! He either danced or cheered or something when he opened each gift. Here are some of his presents as he opened them. He asked for a boat he could sit on in the pool, so his grandparents got him a jett ski (don't worry, it doesn't run, although he did ask if it did).

 

He got a floor puzzle of Curious George. He loves putting it together and he wanted to leave it put together tonight instead of putting it away.

 

He got a shark that gobbles up little fish and some water squirters for the pool. Bob especially liked the water squirters today as he was squirting everyone in the pool.

 

 

He loves his inflatable giraffe (does not go in the water). He slept with it.

 

His brother picked out a plush Perry the Platypus from Phineas and Ferb. He feel in love with it. Today we had a pool party for him. My parents were in town and we had a couple other families over. He asked for Spider Man cupcakes (even though he doesn't know anything about Spider Man except that he's cool) and strawberry cake. So, I made strawberry cupcakes with blue cotton candy frosting. There's a small Spider Man face on top. He had a bit of trouble blowing out his candles. His daddy had to help him redirect his wind.

 

 

Alexander also got a fish to ride on in the pool. Everyone loved playing on it.

 

Swimming to Mommy

 

Putting on "goddles" so he can swim under water.

 

Wearing the basketball hoop

 

Here's one of his friends riding the jett ski.

 

The boys have been asking to make s'mores. So, we decided tonight would be a special night to do it (it's just so hot to do s'mores in the summer!). Bob made just a big enough fire to make s'mores.