Alexis’ 6th Birthday!

On May 25, 2016, Alexis turned 6 years old! She has been so excited about her birthday for months and has spent many hours planning and preparing for her birthday party. From the first time we visited Melbourne, Alexis had seen the horse and carriage rides that go up and down St. Kilda Road along the Botanical Gardens. She desperately wanted to go for a ride in a beautiful carriage pulled by white horses. We had told her to wait and we would take her for her birthday, nearly 9 months later.

The weekend before her birthday, we spent some time in Melbourne and took her on the long-awaited horse and carriage ride. She was thrilled and enjoyed every minute of it.

After an exciting weekend in Melbourne, we returned home to celebrate Alexis on her actual birthday with gifts, cake and candles. But the night before her birthday, she lost her very first tooth. She was so thrilled about this because almost a year and a half earlier, the dentist had told her that she would loose a tooth when she was five. Up until this point, she has lost hope and was quite upset that the dentist had ‘lied’ to her.

May 25, birthday morning!

The weekend following her birthday, was the much anticipated birthday party. Alexis invited all the girls from her class to join her in celebrating with a cooking party. Alexis planned this party for weeks and spend many hours making decorations, instructions, agendas as well as practising how to run the activities.

When the girls arrived, Alexis taught them how to make a chef’s hat out of paper and then decorate it with stickers, markers and glitter. Then the girls rolled out pizza dough and made their own personal pizzas with their own choice of toppings. Next, the girls made cupcakes, following the recipe Alexis had written out and posted on the wall.

The girls played a few games while they waited for their pizzas to cook. Once the pizzas were cooked, they enjoyed eating lunch together followed by decorating the cupcakes they had baked.

 

For the grand finale, we all sang happy birthday to Alexis as she blew out her candles, and enjoyed some cake together. The girls had a great time, Alexis felt so much love and acceptance from her new friends from school.

The annual birthday questionnaire…completed by Alexis, age 6

1. What is your favourite colour?…………………………. pink
2. What is your favourite toy?…………………………….. Sophie
3. What is your favourite fruit? …………………………… banana
4. What’s your favourite tv show? ……………………….. Sophia the First
5. What is your favourite thing to eat for lunch? ……… macaroni and cheese
6. What is your favourite outfit? ………………………….. Elsa dress
7. What is your favourite game? ………………………….. pretend cat
8. What is your favourite snack? ………………………….. chocolate bar
9. What is your favourite animal? ………………………… flamingo
10. What’s your favourite song? …………………………… Let it go!
11.What’s your favourite book? ……………………………  Knuffle Bunny
12. Who is your best friend? ………………………………… Dianne
13. What is your favourite thing to do outside? …………. take Sophie for a walk
14. What’s your favourite drink? …………………………… hot chocolate
15. What’s your favourite holiday? ………………………… Mother’s Day
16. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? … Sophie
17. What is one thing you are really good at? ……………. writing
18. What is your favourite thing to eat for breakfast? …. bagel and cream cheese
19. What do you want to eat for dinner on your birthday? pizza
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? …………. pony rider