Birthday at School

On October 27th Alex got to celebrate his birthday at school with his little friends. I brought in a cookie cake with Nemo on it to share with his friends. Grandma got to come too!! Alex was extremely excited to have us there and in fact was showing off a little in front of his friends. After teaching for ten years and celebrating many, many birthdays of students it was fun to have my turn to celebrate with my child.

What a 2 Year Old Can Do

Alex astonishes me everyday and relish in all the time that we spend together. Rapid changes are happening everyday with him. A few of the things that Alex can do now are:
1. Can sing Rock-a-Bye Baby
2. Says I Love You and knows what it means!!
3. Says cheese and smiles for the camera, even though he looks like his eyes are closed (see picture)
4. Can hold a conversation with mum and dad and also on the phone
5. Remembers what I tell him he can do even if it was two days ago (also remembers where I hide things)
6. Offer pretty good excuses as to why he shouldn't go to bed-the only kid I know that has to potty 3 times before bed
7. Operate the DVD player
8. Recite Dr. Suess books and finish the sentences when we read to him.
9. Identifies his name, mum and dad when written.
10. Brings me to my knees just by his precious smile and infectious giggle.

Happy Birthday

This year we had two birthday (so far) celebrations for Alexander. The first was a horse party, complete with a horse cake, but no horse (Jay wouldn't let me rent one) and the second was a Nemo Fish party, with the Nemo cake. We had lots of fun at both parties. We had pumpkin decorating and lots of sandbox playing. Alex is wiped out and so am I. He really got into the whole party thing this year.

Pumpkin Patch with Grandma Sandy

We stopped in Las Cruces on the way home from Fiesta and got to spend lots of time with Grandma and Stephanie. Unfortunately Grandpa Roger was away on a business trip, but we sat in his chair. These are pictures taken at the pumpkin festival in Mesilla.

Cousin Nat

Alex loves his cousin Nat, and talks about her all the time. We have been back almost a week and he keeps saying he wants to go to Uncle Phil's house to see cousin Nat, Aunt DeeDee and Uncle Phil!!

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta

These are a few from Fiesta this year. This was Alex's second Fiesta and he had even more fun than he did last year. We managed to make it out to the field 4 out the 10 days, although it was really only 6 days as some were rained or winded out. Alex the official Beanie Baby got spoiled rotten by the crew and got to meet up with lots of old friends and even made some new ones. His favorite balloon was Nemo. He was so excited to see it in the sky and so was I-I had never seen it before. Every morning he would wake up saying COOL BEANS!! I think he thought the whole event was Cool Beans. He was a trooper waking at 4:30 in the morning and some days going all day without a nap but being cheerful as ever. This year we got to stay with Phil and Diana which was fun to see their new house and the critters.

Got Roots?

Showing our Canadian Roots!

Hanging at Debbie and Dan's

Debbie planned a little party for Alex's second birthday while we were in Albuturkey (as Alex says it), complete with cake and presents.