Oh, Alex!  You are such a fun boy.  You've grown so much this past year!  You have informed us that your name is Alexander Robert Crane--but you just like to be called Alex.  Potty training has been a struggle but this last year you finally got it down.  Your speech has made huge improvements--it's really amazing!  You and Henry get along better than you ever have.  And you love to learn and make goals and really try hard to obey. It's hard to believe that you are 5 now--an entire hand!  Happy birthday big boy!

What is your favorite...
color? red, I mean black
food?  Cheetos
game? Harry Potter
toy?  Emmett (from The Lego Movie legos)
show? Superhero Squad
animal?  fire-breathing dragon
comic book?
song? Sunbeams (Jesus Wants me for a Sunbeam)
What do you like to do?  drink milk
Who is your best friend?  Dad
What do you want to be when you grow up? video game inventor
Do you have a girlfriend?  no

I am - five

I am afraid of - spiders

I like - milk

I like to eat - pineapple

I don't like - kisses

I know - that I will be good

I want to be - a video game inventor when I grow up

I like to watch - Super Hero Squad

My hero is- ME (we learned this in Joy School)

I cry when - something bad happens

I'm happy when - something bad doesn't happen to me

Mom gets mad when - I yell and scream

Mom is happy when - I don't yell and scream

I can't wait for - me to be 6!

Something Mom says to me - "Do not sneak electrics!"

Something Dad says to me - "We can't play 'king of the bed' right now."

My favorite place to go is - McDonalds

My Mom and Dad make me laugh by - tickling

I know my mom loves me because - I love her

I know my dad loves me because - I love him

Squinky Battles

Alex still loves playing with his squinkies.  I find battle scenes set up all over the house like these:

(Don't mind the dusty piano.)

Sometimes this is what happens when little boys dress themselves.

I never would have let William leave the house dressed like this when he was Henry's age.  But now?  I have too many other things to worry about.  And I hope that strangers will know I didn't get them ready.

This little boy just makes me smile

You mean you don't wear swim goggles to relax on the hammock?

Easter

Our Spring Break ended with Easter weekend.  We had a fun Easter egg hunt on Saturday with some friends in the ward.

And we got home we discovered that the Easter Bunny had been to our house while we were gone!

The Easter Bunny has started adding new ties to their baskets.  They all looked so handsome on Easter Sunday.

We ended with a yummy ham dinner complete with homemade rolls, scalloped potatoes and veggies.  It was the perfect way to end our Easter weekend and our Spring Break.

Spring Break

We had a great Spring Break--and not long enough!  It really had me wishing for summer!  We really tried to do at least one big job everyday and then something fun.  The boys really wanted to have a water balloon fight.  Too bad it takes 5 times longer to fill them up than it does for them to be gone!!

At the end of the fight we discovered that William hadn't been hit!  We filled up a few more just to hit William with and he kept dodging them--or they'd bounce off of him and pop on the ground!  I think we got him wet at the very end.

One of the big projects we had wake raking the front yard.  It has a desert landscape (aka rocks) but there is a tree that sheds pine needles all over the place.  It's so hard to get the pine needles up without getting the rocks as well.  Whoever thought it was a great landscaping idea was crazy.  The boys did a great job though and we were able to fill 2 trashcans and 4 more trashbags!!

We also spent a day at the Springs Preserve (and met Rich there), went to the library, met friends at the park, and went to the spray ground.


We even remembered to dye eggs this year.

It was a busy, fun, productive week--and has us itching for summertime!

For months the boys have been asking us when we'll be having another baby.  Not if but when.  They talk about how we need another baby because Henry is getting so big (and he is!) James and Alex keep talking about the need for a little sister.

Needless to say, when Rich and I told them that we were expecting again they were beyond excited!  We all are!  Baby #5 is due to make his/her appearance sometime at the start of October.

And since it's always fun to see what everyone thinks I've put a little poll on the sidebar to see what we'll be having.