All about Alan

Here is a quick look at our newest 7-year-old:

Alan is usually a happy, silly, funny boy:

Alan does well in school.  His teacher said that Alan is good at helping kids that are struggling with the lessons.  His teacher said that he doesn't hear arguments and fights from the group that has Alan in it.  He does well academically too.  Below Alan got a citizenship award and a honor roll award:

Alan LOVES to play in the snow.  He still enjoys shovelling our sidewalk and he loves to build things in the snow.  In the pictures below we had our friends Alex and Josh over to play.  The boys built 2 snow forts and then had a snowball fight - the 6 years olds against the 3 and 4 year olds (I was surprised at how well the younger ones held their own.)

Conner in the red jacket, Alan in the black jacket and Alex in the grey.

Here is Alan and Micah working on the snow fort:

My 3 boys playing together:

Alan is a great bathroom cleaner.  He can clean our downstairs bathroom with very little supervision and do a spectacular job!

Alan can be so silly sometimes.  It can be pretty funny and sometimes frustrating depending on when and where he is being silly.  Here he is being silly when I tried to get a picture of him and his friend Alex:

 

Here is my Alan interview.  My input is in parenthesis:

 

Favorite color: red and blue

Favorite movie: Cars 2, Ice Age

Favorite thing to do: play the wii (skylanders) and watch tv

What makes you happy: playing skylanders

What makes you sad: getting hit in the face with a ball 10 times and when friends don't play fair (when Alex moved away he was pretty sad)

Friends: Alex, Mara, Paxton, Justiz, Henry

Favorite Book: Jack and Annie (Magic Tree House books)

Favorite Food: spaghetti, mini pot pies, donuts, licorice (macaroni and cheese)

Favorite Song: Praise to the Man

Favorite toy: my little shovel and my nerf gun

What do you want to be when you grow up: an artist

Where do you want to live: in a house that is close to an art museum

How many kids are you going to have: hard to tell, maybe 6

Favorite subject in school: Art

How do you know that mom and dad love you?  They always give me hugs when it is time to go to bed.



Alan turns 7!

Alan turned 7 in January so we had a family party.  We made a portal of power cake (from the skylanders game).  It turned out great!

I realized I am missing pictures of Alan blowing out his candles so I need pictures from grandmas and grandpas!  Grandma and Grandpa Pitcher and Bassett were there to celebrate:

Alan got a few Skylanders as presents:

Thank you hug for Conner:

Grandma and Grandpa B. gave Alan a paint by number activity:

Alan and Grandpa B. working on one of the pictures:

Of course when Conner and Micah saw Alan painting they wanted in on the action.  We got out our kid's paints and let them paint their own pictures:

We got Alan a new bike for his birthday, since his old one was way too small:

He's ready to go:

Aww, Brooklyn and Grandma B. snuggling:

Happy Birthday Alan!