Mimi, Papa & Daniel came up for church and the afternoon. Alden loved his gifts and felt so loved by the time with family, and calls and videos and cards from aunts and uncles and cousins.
At five, Alden is affectionate, bursting with energy, and loves a good conversation (usually about dinosaurs or other creatures) and being read to. His love of sports is going strong: he loves to watch Philly sports highlights with Daddy, really took off with skiing this year, starts baseball this spring, and my kitchen floor is scuffed with hockey puck marks. His sensitive streak has been strong lately - easily embarrassed or teary, and also paying attention to and delighting in what brings joy to others.
It's both so easy and so hard to believe we'll be launching this one to Kindergarten in 4 months!
