"Little Man" turns 5

Sunday was Alex's 5th birthday - 5! Can you believe that?

We had a good day with him. He wanted a ferry boat, but since the only one I could find was a flimsy over-priced replica of one of the BC Ferries around here, I managed to win him over to getting a cargo ship instead - it was a hit.

We pretty much spent the morning playing with him and his new stuff, before heading out for a special lunch, which has been the tradition while we have been here, pretty much.

We went to The Riverhouse, which is near our home, it is on the river, as the name suggests. Alex also got a little camera for his birthday, which he had been bugging us for, for about two years. So after lunch we went down to the river and he went nuts taking pictures. Unfortunately most of the pictures were used up before we even got to the river (alot of photos of carpet). It is a kids digital, but he wouldn't hear of deleting any of them...so it could get interesting.

And if you thought that shirt looked familiar, his Great Gran gave it too him for his third birthday. It has been declared (by him) as "the birthday shirt" and has been worn to ever birthday, Christmas, celebration and wedding since he got it on his third birthday (pictured here)....I wonder if it will still fit when he is six...or this Christmas even.

As far as cakes go, we did the Dairy Queen ice-cream thing again (for Ashley!). Alex loves anything to do with the "Cars" movie, so a Cars cake he had. Overall, it was a pretty relaxed day. He had fun, so that is all that really matters.

Thank you to those who sent gifts, they were really appreciated. We hope to get some thankyou's out soon, hopefully with the odd photo inside.