It’s hard to believe, but this little guy is suddenly ten years old!!
Lex’s first birthday. He is so adorable!
My, how time flies! Today we celebrated with presents in the morning, a Memorial Day parade, lunch at Popcube’s house, and a slow, tired afternoon at home. Overall a great day and a great way to celebrate our favorite little boy who is not so little any more.
He’s a balloon guy! I have a very similar picture from his 4th birthday. I’ll try to find it for a “then and now” post. :)
A special birthday greeting for our special ten year old.
Happy Birthday Lex!!
Morning smiles with the birthday boy.
I got a little artistic while waiting for him to open presents. He got side tracked a bit with a book. This big box contains the game Clue.
Waiting for the Memorial Day parade to start. I embarrassed the family by asking a stranger to take a picture for me. Totally worth it! :)
I think my kids are a bit too big for this toy, but boy did they have fun! I have this same picture from a few years ago. I’ll try to dig it up. They were a bit smaller then. :)
An ice cream cake for his family birthday party. Cool Whip and chocolate chips make perfectly excellent decorations.
Lots of birthday Legos. Everything is awesome!
Happy Birthday Lex! I like his choice of shirts for the day too. :)
The candles are casting a glow on his sweet face. <3
Cutting the cake.
This was an “upcycled” cake using the leftovers from Saturday’s karate cake. Lex wanted an ice cream cake for his family party, so I took layers from the karate cake, relayered them, and added some Fudge Tracks ice cream in the middle. Then I slathered the whole thing in Cool Whip. It came out really tasty!
The cake was tasty, but frozen pretty hard. Lex had trouble cutting into it with his plastic fork so he resorted to eating it caveman style.
She’s looking pretty classy. :)
The photogenic side of the family. :)
The ride home from Grandpa’s. Proof that she does indeed stop moving, sometimes, even if only for a short ride in the car.
We were all exhausted when we got home so everyone went to their rooms for awhile. After an hour or so of quiet time we regrouped for a few family games of Clue. It was fun to teach the kids a new game and they both enjoyed the mystery and secrecy of it. Then we ordered pizza for dinner and watched the movie Clue!
Lex got to choose his birthday dinner, so Ziggy sticks it was! I served him on this birthday plate, but he wasn’t happy about it. He transferred everything to a normal plate instead. Oh well. He’s ten now, but still the same boy we know and love!
After the movie, when we were all exhausted and getting ready for bed, I remembered that Lex needs birthday treats for school tomorrow. Birthday treats round three! I think we need to sugar detox again!
I feel pretty fortunate to have such an awesome boy in my world. Lying in bed tonight I said, “Ten years ago right now you were less than one hour old.” Around birthdays we like to talk about “ten years ago” or “eight years ago” and reminisce about their actual birth days so many years ago. He replied with, “Mom, I’ve been wondering, just how exactly do babies come out of the mother’s belly?” Yep, he’s growing up! So we had that conversation tonight, all snuggled up in bed, and we were happy.
Happy Birthday Lex! thanks for letting us join in the fun with you…we sure are grateful to have you as part of our family! XXXOOO
awesome day! and photos! and cakes! and that tshirt is perfect! and he looks so grown up! I cant wait to hug you! maybe I can come next year!!! oh gosh! so exciting!
I can’t believe how grown up you look, Lex!!! Hope you had a super wonderful birthday!!!!!