Today was McKenna's birthday party. Here are me and Alex with McKenna and Vanessa.
Daniel found a good way to keep Alex busy...he stuck him up in the tree. Alex didn't want to come down. He is ALL boy. (and part monkey) He just stayed up there making his bird sounds..kind of squeaking and squealing with joy.
He had a great time at the party. I think it was the first birthday party where he actually wanted to play with the other kids and eat the cake. He also sat down with the other kids to watch McKenna open her presents. There were a lot of older kids there who played with him. They had a game of soccer going but were really patient with Alex when he cut into their game to kick the ball. They even tried to help him play. He got a lot of attention and loved it. At one point though, there was a boy not so much older than Alex who decided he wanted to wrestle. I looked up from my conversation to see him slam Alex down to the thankfully grassy and not so hard ground and then I heard Alex saying "ya ya ya ya ya" which in Spanish is sometimes used to mean, "enough, or stop". He didn't cry, he basically just told the other kid to get off. Alex is now saying a bunch of new words... more, please, amen (after we pray for meals), and I can't think of the other ones...oh yeah, he was already saying bye bye before I wrote the other list of words. He says "ya" alot now. He hears us saying it so he'll repeat it.
Today was McKenna's birthday party. Here are me and Alex with McKenna and Vanessa. 
Daniel found a good way to keep Alex busy...he stuck him up in the tree. Alex didn't want to come down. He is ALL boy. (and part monkey) He just stayed up there making his bird sounds..kind of squeaking and squealing with joy.
He had a great time at the party. I think it was the first birthday party where he actually wanted to play with the other kids and eat the cake. He also sat down with the other kids to watch McKenna open her presents. There were a lot of older kids there who played with him. They had a game of soccer going but were really patient with Alex when he cut into their game to kick the ball. They even tried to help him play. He got a lot of attention and loved it. At one point though, there was a boy not so much older than Alex who decided he wanted to wrestle. I looked up from my conversation to see him slam Alex down to the thankfully grassy and not so hard ground and then I heard Alex saying "ya ya ya ya ya" which in Spanish is sometimes used to mean, "enough, or stop". He didn't cry, he basically just told the other kid to get off. Alex is now saying a bunch of new words... more, please, amen (after we pray for meals), and I can't think of the other ones...oh yeah, he was already saying bye bye before I wrote the other list of words. He says "ya" alot now. He hears us saying it so he'll repeat it.
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