Happy 13th Birthday Alex!

We now officially have a teenager in the house! It is hard for me to describe the joy and happiness that Alex brings to our lives. Alex's wish for today was to spend the day with the family, go to a movie, and plan out the meals for the day. We started the day off with presents. Sophie's gift was a handmade card along with offering to milk the cow this morning so Alex could have the morning off. Max's gift was Pokemon Explorers of Darkness for his DS. Ella made Alex 6 handmade cards...because she loves him so much. John and I got Alex Raving Rabbids for the Wii, along with an extra remote and nunchuck. We had homemade pancakes, eggs from our chickens, and local pasture raised bacon for breakfast. Alex and John then went for 9 holes of golf. For lunch, Alex had planned on gazpacho and garbanzo bean salad. We were then off to the movies. John had to stay home to milk the cow, and when we went to the theater, I had the wrong time for Horton Hears a Who at the dollar movie. We missed it and decided to go to another theater. Sophie, Ella, Max and I were going to see Indiana Jones while Alex went to see Iron Man. Alex was rather sad that he was going to see the movie by himself, but none of the other kids wanted to see Iron Man, and they didn't feel comfortable going by themselves if I went with Alex. As we were about to go in, Max said he wanted to go in with Alex, because he didn't want Alex to be alone for his special birthday movie. Max can be very sensitive to movies, and had really not wanted to see Iron Man, so this was huge for him. Alex was so happy. It truly meant the world to him that Max did that just for him. After the movie we came home to hamburgers on the grill, more bacon, baked beans, and apple crumble for dessert. I can't imagine a more perfect day for a such a fabulous person.