Alex turned six on September 25th, but Typepad and IE were not getting along and I was having trouble posting about it. They seem to be on a truce right now, so I can FINALLY wish my first boy an offical Blog Happy Birthday. Since this blog is basically his baby book, it must be done.
Alex started begging for a birthday party in the Spring, he didn't get a birthday party when he turned 5 because we didn't really know many people here yet and with John and I both working it just seemed impossible to plan a party on a day when both John and I would be home. But this year Alex has made a lot of new friends and had been invited to a lot of parties and there was just no way we were going to avoid it, kid wanted (and deserved) a birthday bash.
He immediately decided he had to have a Hot Wheels theme, but the artist in him didn't want to buy Hot Wheels stuff, he wanted to make it himself. So he set about designing his invitation, and with some help from me, we came up with this:
We held his party at a local pizza parlor that has a big play area inside, we invited all of his local friends (he was very quick to correct me when I told him we invited all of his friends because Lily, Kennan and Caden were in Utah and couldn't come) and almost all of them showed up! We had about 16 kids and an equal number of parents and took over the restaurant.
It was great and laid back. The kids played their hearts out in the play area while the parents hung out and watched them through the big windows. We had pizza and sodas and juice boxes for the kids (ignoring the restaurant policy to not bring outside food).
I'd made cupcakes for everyone with the number 6 and terribly drawn cars out of icing, but at the last minute that morning Alex decided he REALLY needed a Hot Wheels cake, so with my left over batter I made him a wee little cake:
Then there were the presents. He made out like a bandit. So many cool toys and art supplies! He loved each and every one of this gifts, and many of the presents have been unexpected fun for the whole family.
According to Alex, the most important part of any party is the goodie bags. Sadly I forgot to take pictures of the ones we handed out, but Alex meticulously picked out the stuff to put inside and we found some really cool goodie boxes at a party store that looked like tool boxes with Hot Wheels cars on them.
Alex was thrilled with the party, it was exactly what he wanted, lots of friends, lots of cake, lots of pepperoni pizza, lots of playing, lots of presents and really cool goodie bags.
I love you my Alex Boy, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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