It's Alexander's birthday!
He had a great little day- several times, actually. Anthony gave him the Star Destroyer as a special early birthday present before he left. Alexander was shocked- as you can tell! (click on the photo to bring up a larger image)
Then, right before his birthday party Alexander got his presents from the rest of his family. I tell you, my "well, just one more" as I shop here and there for their gifts has them making out like bandits! His birthday party, well, that was a whole different story.
I had rented a jumpy-castle for the party's main entertainment. I rented it from outdoor rec on the base, but here's a link that shows what it looks like: Castle. So, anyway, all was going well. The kids were having a great time, and Anthony and another dad were happy to hang out in the garage keeping an eye on them. I should backtrack and give a bit of history on the guests. We had a bunch of kiddos, of all ages bu mostly 5-8. One of the guests is just 8, but is very, very big. Alexander doesn't quite tip the scale at 50 pounds yet, and this other kiddo is almost exactly 3 times heavier. Very sweet kid, but very big. So, anyway, they were in there jumping around, having a great time. And then.... the very thing I was afraid of happened. One kid landed on another kid, and he got hurt. Unfortunately, it was the big kid landing on Alexander. And, at his very own birthday party, Alexander broke his arm.
One of the worst things about all this, as far as Mommy-guilt goes, was that I hadn't wanted to have a birthday party at all. I had really been pushing to take the family down to San Antonio for the weekend and go to Sea World. Anthony had been against it, because it would have been too expensive. Well, with all that is involved with a broken bone, this will have been the most expensive birthday party I've ever thrown. And I don't think Sea World would have hurt as much, either!
