9!

 Alex turned 9 last month and to celebrate, he had a birthday party.  I have to admit that I'm not a fan of birthday parties-the planning and the stress, I just prefer birthdays to be more low key.  However, Alex had been talking about a party for months, so I gave in.  He invited a few friends from school and church over to our house for some pizza, ice cream cake, and games.  I believe in the simpler, the better and do you know what, it was a lot of fun!  The kids had a great time.  Happy birthday, Alex!

A little embarrassed with all the attention.

Opening presents.

Some things about Alex...His favorite color is green, he likes the Wimpy Kid books and books about weird facts and world records.  He likes Lego's, transformers, Pokemon, Yu-gi-oh, and Beyblades.  He likes to eat pizza, chicken nuggets, fruit, and loves root beer.  He has his yellow belt in martial arts, started taking piano lessons, wants to be a scientist, and loves to play outside.  He is very helpful and is a great big brother.