Friday, July 01, 2011

The Boy's Birthday

So, I realized in April that my standard 12 of 12 would catch Trina's birthday, but sadly would never land on Alex's special day.  I determined that I couldn't let Alex's day go by without a good set of pictures.
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The first thing that we did this morning is let Alex open his presents.  He wanted breakfast in bed, but when we told him that we had a gift downstairs for him.  He ran down to find a new bicycle.  (Then he went back upstairs for breakfast - a Dutch Baby.)
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When we got dressed, Alex wanted to wear his v2.0 shirt, so I wore my v1.0.
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For lunch, we went to Chuck E Cheese's.  We got new pictures off the sketch machine.
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After Chuck's, we went to Discount Fireworks (Quebec and E-470 by the King Soopers) and got our fireworks for this year.  They have a BOGO deal on all of their fireworks except for the grand finales.  Alex also got a free one special for it being his birthday.
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When we got home, we put together a Lego set that he got for his birthday.  We mostly bought this set as a topper for his birthday cake at his upcoming parties.
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Trina gave him a game called Lego Pirates Code.  It's a game made of Legos that is similar to Master Mind, but also has a sense of chance.
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The dessert that Alex wanted as a birthday cake was a pan of brownies with cookie dough drops in the top.
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He also wanted to spend the night in the back yard.  We've been trying to do this for several nights now, but tonight the weather cooperated.
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Trina whipped up a batch of trail mix as a camping treat.
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I also made a batch of cocoa crispy treats.  Unfortunately, they weren't set before we had to head to the tent.