Alex is 6!

Alex turned 6 in April.  For Alex's birthday, he wanted a Mario party.  We held this on Saturday (his birthday was on a Monday).  I handmade the invitations (quite the feat for me. I wished I would have taken a picture of it.  I think they turned out cute).  We had about 9 or so boys over to our house.  We played an outdoor tic tac toe game with frisbees and a pin the mustache on Mario.  A friend of ours made it.  I made cupcakes. It was a fun party.

We had a birthday breakfast.  A big German pancake.  Alex wasn't sure he would like it because he likes just plain pancakes but we got him to try it and he liked it.

Here are the decorations for his birthday party

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Frisbee tic tac toe

Pin the mustache on Mario

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All the kids from the party and what they gave him

On Sunday, we had the family over.  I had a cake made and it turned out pretty well.

Isaac got to the cake before I got a picture of it

My brother Jeff and his family

My brother Corey and his wife Saundra

We gave him a Harry Potter Lego game

Ben's family

Grandma and Grandpa gave him Legos

Proud Dad and Grandpa

Isaac wanted all the presents for himself

It's mine!

Playing soccer with cousin Scott

Someday he will be a pro!

Sarah played ball with Isaac

Aunt Kim brought Alex his present

On his actual birthday, I took cupcakes to his school. He wore this crown for the day.

He also got to do his science experiment on his birthday for his class.  We blew up a balloon and rubbed it on our head and then spread confetti on a plate.  The static electricity from rubbing it on your head makes the confetti 'dance'.  The kids in Alex's class asked him question about his experiment and Dad and I got to watch

Take a bow!

He got a certificate for a great experiment

That night, we made pizza's as a family.

He got a Leapster game.

I asked him 20 questions and this gives you a little insight into who he is. 
What is your favorite color? blue
What is your favorite toy? my Harry Potter Lego figurine
What is your favorite fruit? grapes
What is your favorite TV show? Ben 10 Ultimate Alien
What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? tortilla's (quesadilla with cheese)
What is your favorite outfit? Mario shirt with black and red
What is your favorite game? Tooper (this is a game he made up with Jeremy and his friend Jacob)
What is your favorite snack? Cheeseits
What is your favorite animal? hamster (incidentally that is what we got from his cousin Emily-she is in college and had bought one and couldn't keep it anymore-the boys named it Golden Luke-Jeremy picked Golden and Alex picked Luke-we all thought up a name like we did with Jai (sad to say but Jai got away from our house and left his usual hiding place across the street and we don't know where he is-we think he died somewhere because he was growing another cist on his neck) and Jeremy was upset when Alex's name was chosen so we drew again and got Jeremy's name and decided to pick them both)
What is your favorite song? Don't have one
What is your favorite book? Harry Potter
Who is your best friend? Jacob Alder
What is your favorite cereal? Lucky Charms
What is your favorite thing to do outside? play Tooper
What is your favorite drink? rootbeer
What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
What do you like to take to bed with you at night? flashlight
What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? cereal
What is your favorite food? pizza
What do you want to be when you grow up? a movie star


Alex is a fun, silly and handsome boy.
He loves to tease his brother and I often get after him about it.
He loves to watch a good movie but also loves to listen to a good book either on CD or by Grandma reading to him (see above for his favorite book).
He doesn't like school work much but he does well in art.
He loves to imagine and often can be found with something in his hand that he is playing with.
He also loves to play with all his toys and by all I mean all. He often has them all over in his room.
He loves to play Harry Potter.
He just finished soccer and got better and better as the year went on.  He just started Tball and is doing well at it also.
His Primary teachers tell me that he does well in class and answers questions very well (that is good to hear when I wonder if he retains anything at church)
We love Alex and look forward to another great year with him.

Easter

Ready to color!

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The Easter bunny left a note explaining the  'hunt' for the boys Easter baskets

Here they are at the final spot, the storage room

The boys with the first egg. The clue said 'Your next egg is hiding in the place where you sleep'

The next clue read 'your next egg is hiding in the place you put your dirty clothes' 

The next clue said 'your next egg loves something that goes on your feet and hiding in an area where there are many

The next clue read 'your next egg is hiding somewhere Mom cooks food'

Your next clue is hiding where you go to get something warm to wear

Your baskets are hiding somewhere we go to get  our extra food

Yea we found them!

Just what I wanted

Isaac didn't want to be left out!

Ya my basket!

Ya we found them all!

For Easter this year, we had fun coloring eggs at Grandma's and at our house. We went to an Easter egg hunt at North Ogden park and then on Easter morning, the Easter bunny left us a real hunt.  He hid clues around the house to lead us to our Easter baskets.  It was fun.  Then our eggs were hid outside. We dressed up for Easter (we used Grandma's camera so I have to get the pictures from her) and went to church.  It was a lot of fun!

Train show

Union Pacific recently had their train show and we decided to go.  Isaac loves trains and this just heightened his excitement for them.  We had to be really careful because he tried to get in every exhibit and the people who brought their trains didn't take to that too kindly.  We went on a fun little train ride and also climbed up on the old trains.  We even saw a movie being filmed on 25th street!

Disney on Ice/Toy Story 3

A couple of Saturdays ago, Grandpa and Grandma Gerritsen treated our family to Disney On Ice.  It was Toy Story 3.  Uncle Steve and our cousins Preston, Sam and Addy also came along.  Jeremy wanted to go to a birthday party for his friend so we had to tell him all about what he missed.  We rode the Frontrunner down  to Salt Lake and had a lot of fun.  Grandpa bought the boys a cool sword and a Buzz Lightyear mug that was full of Icee.  Thanks Grandpa and Grandma!