Happy Birthday to Alex

Alex has been counting down to his big day for months now. To every one's relief March 20th finally came. We had a very small party on Friday, and gave Alex his gift; a rocket ship. The real fun was on Saturday when friends came over for a Mad Science party. We made exploding volcano's, slime and then lemon juice rockets. I made a lovely volcano cake, which I'm sure I couldn't make again if I tried. While we ate cake and ice cream Jeremy did the experiment where you put Mento's in diet coke. For those of you who haven't seen this before, if you put Mento's in Diet Coke it explodes 30 ft. into the air. We were lucky to have a nice day and had the party outside. Alex got several Bokugan balls (I'm still not sure what they do or how to play with them, but it's all the rage around here). Last night Jeremy took Alex to the store with some of his birthday money from grandparents. He's had his eye on a new light saber that automatically extends when you push a button. We already have several light sabers but this one is clearly superior to the others. Now Micah wants one......a few more months until his birthday though.

I can't believe Alex is 7 already! He's such a good kid with a quick smile. He's easy to please and still gives me good hugs. He's always been very smart and amazingly coordinated, strong and agile. I love you Alex!

Still working on the tile back splash.