As most of you know Alex's eighth birthday was on Tuesday, March 17. Yep, that's right she's Irish! She really does have a little Irish blood in her. Anyway, we celebrated on Saturday at our house with my family. Papa, Nana, Amma, Brian, Julie, and Avery all came for the big day. Alex requested a green ice-cream cake with gummy bears on top. So, I found a recipe and made a mint chocolate chip ice-cream cake with Oreo crust. I topped it off with Oreo and gummy bears. Yummy! Aaron grilled burgers out in the cold but at least it was not raining. Alex received many nice presents including a Polly-Pocket,Pet Shop toy and beautiful cross bracelet from the Clark's, an art set and clothes from Amma, a craft set from Noah and Piper, clothes from Grampy and Mi-Mi, and lots of cold hard cash from great-aunt Star and Aunt Sarah and her family! We also got her the Wii Fit to go along with her most favorite gift The Wii!! She was very surprised and thankful to receive this great present from Papa and Nana. We were all excited about it because it is such a family friendly gaming console! Check out Alex and Noah boxing on Wii Sport. Alex can throw a mean left hook and Noah has some serious hip-action going on! Alex wanted to Skype with Grampy and Mi-Mi on Saturday so she could open her present "with" them. This was an awesome idea and one that I think we will do again. On her actual birthday she dressed herself all in green and headed off to school where Piper and I brought homemade cupcakes with green frosting to her class at lunch. They sang a funny happy birthday song to her and then headed back to class. Alex really appreciated all the nice cards and phone calls she received on her birthday as well! Thanks to everyone who thought of her on her special day.
I am adding a few pictures from parent watch day at gymnastics so you can see what Alex is doing in her extracurricular activity. She was "upgraded" to the fast-track class at the begininning of the fall semester and really loves her coach. She is so proud of herself for getting her split and she almost has her kick-over. The bars are her favorite. I wish I could attach a video of her on the bars but I am having trouble attaching video's for some reason. Enjoy the pictures!
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After seeing Alex's boxing moves and her skills in gymnastics...I'd be afraid to meet her in a dark alley!!
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