Alex’s 8th/9th Birthday

Alex turned 8 in the beginning of June,  and as I think I mentioned in an earlier post, here in China, he gets to be 9.   While we couldn’t have a birthday party on the same level as we used to, he had a nice party with some of our local friends.  This year we didn’t invite any classmates but maybe next year we will.

He wanted another pokemon party, and since I could get supplies for that, we went with it!

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Birthday decorations
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I never manage to get a before shot, only an after

 

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Alex requested a chocolate cake with vanilla filling
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The cake tasted like a brownie- maybe one of my best cakes yet
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Alex and guests playing with the death star

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opening goodie bags

We had a pinata, and the kids really got into it.    He also got to bring in cupcakes to school and goodie bags for all his classmates.

Alex had a wonderful birthday and got to talk to a few people back in the US. He got a remote control race car, a 1000 piece puzzle, a new scooter, and two new board games and a bike from me and Mark.  All in all, I think he had a really good day!

He got to pick where we went to dinner and he picked the fancy Italian place run by our friends –  after we had a really interesting lunch.

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So excited for birthday dinner
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5 cheese pizza with pepperoni
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This little guy wanted to be friends with Alex so badly
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He climbed up into Alex’s lap too!

Lunch on his birthday is going to be a separate post that will come in a few days.

One thought on “Alex’s 8th/9th Birthday”

  1. Happy Birthday dear Alex! It looks like you had a fun day! We wish we could have been there. We miss you, let me know what pokemon series of cards you need. We love you!

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