Double Digits for Alex

WOWWWWWW. So Alex turned TEN on March 16. That’s like, a whole decade he’s been alive and let me say, it hasn’t been without impact. Alex has always been my sharp, funny, quick-witted, social butterfly. My friends see him, text me about the things he says and the stuff he does, and how he seems to make everyone around him just feel good. Examples:

I had no idea he even did this.

From his hockey coach, after we decided to leave for a different team next season:

From his basketball coach:

Then I have other moms telling me that Alex snapped them on Snapchat, that he was specifically needed for a team video because who else could do the intro besides Alex, and that they weren’t entirely sure but Alex might have gaslighted them when it came to getting what he wanted (candy). That last mom was very impressed with his prowess.

But this one is the best I ever got.

And so, fittingly, Alex’s new year’s “revolution” was to stay exactly the same. He wears Ugg boots, his favorite place is the couch, and he LOVES Bear.

What else about Alex. His favorite hockey player is Artemi Panerin on the Rangers. He has a life size decal of him in his room. Panerin is #10, Alex is #10. Panerin’s nickname is the Breadman, so, naturally Alex wears this on his head:

The other day Alex and I were out for a walk, he starts singing Smooth Criminal, walking backwards and lamenting he didn’t have a hat like Michael Jackson.

He also wondered how long it would take him to learn the moonwalk and if I could order him the special shoes to do the lean.

You guys he must get this off YouTube, and of course his iPad has strict screentime limits but, you guessed it, Alex knows how to get around them somehow. Hand to face. There’s also this game called Blooket they play at school on the computers. You earn coins and get to “buy” stuff in the store. The other day Alex was in my office NO JOKE modifying the source code on the website to make it look like he had 99,999,999,999 coins in his bank instead of 60.

So that’s Alex. The material he generates is pretty much non-stop. For instance, he very much enjoys playing “Solitary”,

he does the Wordle daily, his bracket is currently in first place for the NCAA tournament, and he comes home at least once a week having found anywhere from $5-$20 on the street. He finds money so often he is almost bored by it. I am not making this up.

Much to his dismay, Alex is still in elementary school with the little kids. He managed to pick a couple friends to celebrate on his birthday and here is what he picked for himself.

Wake up and pose with large balloons (these are black because his new hockey team, the Jr Bruins, are black and yellow). Chick Fil-A for lunch, followed by presents (i.e. all the sports cards, Ashton was just as involved 😉 ), a little Gel Blasters, and the Rangers game on TV. Then it was off to Puttshack, the cool new mini golf spot, with Jake and Ryan and this was great, Jason asked me if I thought he should let Alex win. I basically snorted and was like, you think Alex needs your help with that? I think you can guess what happened. We went home for pizza and cake, and had some knee hockey to end the day. March 16 was a good one 🙂