Guess who is 6!

Today our small boy celebrated turning 6 years old....and was he ever happy about it...!   He has been counting down the days very successfullly for the past few weeks.....Now we will have him counting down the days to his party...when we can get around to organising it.....!!!!  Alex made sure to get full mileage on his special day and whenever he was asked to do anything he replied with: 'I don't have to...it's my birthday'!!!!

So today we just had a quiet celebration, cake, presents and chill-out time....

Happy Birthday Alex....

We are so happy that we were able to celebrate Alex's first birthday with him... only just.....as we were coming to the end of our bonding period in Kazakhstan.....We actually were supposed to have had court on that day....but it was changed to the following day......

Below are just a few photos of Alex's 1st birthday..celebrated with lots of little roommates and his carers, with us and our travelling companions, Áine & Alex and Sue.....Candles for his cake were hard to come by but we managed to find one somewhere in Ust....and when you only have one candle you'd better make sure it is a big one!!!!

 

Alex had  no idea he was the centre of attention....

A lot of the cakes in Ust used to look fantastic but the taste left a lot to be desired... However remember this one was gorgeous and there was plenty to share....