My little boy is not so little anymore. . .even though he will always be "my baby". He would give me quite the look right now if her knew I wrote that.
Yesterday was Alex's 12th birthday - his "Golden Birthday". After 7 years of celebrating his birthday in either North or South Carlina, he finally had a birthday in Iowa and had a party with some of his friends. He wasn't sure which was better - bday in the Carolinas or bday in Iowa with friends - although he thought it would be great to combine the two. Anyway, he had a bday party Friday night with his friends, complete with a Minnesota Twins bday cake made by our friend, Kelly Sorensons (who has turned into quite the cake maker! Yummy!)to go along with his new Mauer's jersey. His uncle Ken would be "giving him the look" right now as Alex has slipped from the dedicated "St. Louis Cardinal's fan" to a "Minnesota Twins" fan. . . .don't worry Ken, the rest of the family are still Cardinals fans! The boys spent hours playing baseball behind the house with a tennis ball - mainly a homerun derby. It kills me that we have a big baseball park right behind our house, but they choice to play on a field that combined our yard with our neighbor's. They played until they couldn't see the ball anymore and then retired to the house for cake and fun inside. I think they finally went to bed around 3:00 AM.
For once, it was not raining and turned out to be a beautiful night Friday night. Wayne, Elyse, and I sat on the deck enjoying the clear sky and looking for various star constellations. Kirstin and Nate (yes, they are back together) joined us as well for a few adult beverages (not Elyse on that part). It was nice to all hang out and relax for once. It's great to have Kirstin back home and spend some time with her as well.. . . .she is a busy lady this summer working to save money for the fall when she is student teaching. Anyway, turned out to be a beautiful night!
Saturday, everyone slept in as it was raining again. . . .even the boys from the party. Spent the day cleaning up. Alex chose to have his family birthday dinner that evening at the Old World Inn in Spilleville that recently reopened. It was delicious and great atmosphere. The tunnels in the restaurant are from the "bootlegging" period and they have been restored. So he wanted to sit down there and eat. It was great and he enjoyed it! His favorite - fillet mignon - turned out to be a hit! When we got home, Wayne and I finally watched the movie Avatar! (I know. . .we are behind. . . ) Wow. . .what an amazing moving. . . .but we should have started it before 9:15 PM as it is an extremely long movie. . . .but very good! I recommend it to all if you haven't seen it. . . intense!
Today he was to have a double header baseball game. . .but thanks to the rain. . . .it was cancelled AGAIN. So. . . his team is practicing at this time and then the family is headed to Rochester. Alex has some birthday money he can't wait to spend.
Happy Birthday Alex! Love you lots!
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