HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE BUG!!

My little guy is not so little anymore!  Happy 6th Birthday mister man!

Little guy at just a few hours old.

first birthday!  look at that straight hair.  (ps he still has that cup and that rake.)

2nd birthday!  blocks from oma and opa.  (grace JUST out grew those pjs!)

3rd Birthday!  He still does this same "smile" when asked to smile.

4th Birthday!  My little wild thing.  Man he looks SO little here!

5th Birthday!  Skateboarding!!

and 6!  Still skateboarding... with a cape.

Happy Birthday my favorite little guy! We love you so much and are so proud of you! We think you rock!

6th Birthday Party

So yeah.  Elijah turned 6.  My parents came down to help celebrate.  It was a long weekend for Elijah as well, so it was a nice visit!  Elijah wanted waffles and turkey sausage for breakfast.  And we let him open a gift before school.

I took rice krispie treats in for his school birthday treat and after school picked him up and got ready for his party.  He had cupcakes with small little super heros on the top.  For goodies I made each guest a personalized  cape.  Yeah, don't be too impressed, they were made out of disposable table cloths, packing tape, and elastic. I drew the emblem on with a sharpie.  Oh yeah, the party was at the skating rink.  We love it there!

It was a great time.  We came home and he opened presents.  (2 books on space and a dinosaur book from  Jerry and me and a pack of NASA pictures from Oma and Opa, as well as presents from friends.)  I later wrote thank you notes to all!  

It has been great watching him grow this year and make new friends.  It really makes me proud and excited to see what is in store for him.  I see good things in his future!

Survey with a 6 year old!

Elijah is 6.  I PROMISE to update with a post about his party soon.  But I did do his survey with him and here are the results.

1. What’s your favorite color? red
2. What’s your favorite number? 6
3. What’s your favorite letter? E
4. What’s your favorite word? it
5. What’s your favorite movie? Beauty and the Beast
6. What’s your favorite book? The Second World War book
7. What’s your favorite song?  I've Been Working on the Railroad
8. What’s your favorite TV show? The Avengers
9. What’s you favorite animal? cheetah
10. What’s your favorite food? sloppy joe
11. What’s your favorite special treat? cookies
12. Who’s your best friend? Avery
13. What’s favorite adventure? going into the forest
14. What’s your favorite park? Halyburton
15. What’s your favorite thing to do at school? recess
16. What do you like best being 6 so far? playing
17. What’s your favorite toy? superheros
18. What’s your favorite game to play? superheros
19. What’s your favorite thing to pretend? superheros (do you see a theme??)
20. What do you want to do when you turn 7? go to skate boarding lessons.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

So on a whim, I woke up and thought that a nice trip to the mountains would be fun.  So I asked Jerry, thinking there was no way... but there was.  And then I called my folks.  My mom had a commitment, but my dad had no plans... so Jerry went to work and I packed the kids and the car and took them to the park to run the energy out.  Jerry got off of work, we loaded up and headed west.
It was really just a spur of the moment, jump in the car and go trip, but it was worth it.  We drove up and arrived Thursday night.  On Friday we set in motion a plan to surprise my friend Laura.  It was an all day gig, which FINALLY panned out when my dad received a last minute invite to a New Year's Eve dinner out with friends.  We arrived before everyone, got a table and were waiting when everyone walked in!!  It was a great surprise and a fabulous night.  We ate well, went to a friends house where my kids got their first look at Jupiter through a telescope (which kicked off a whole NEW interest!!), had homemade hot chocolate and caught up with friends.  I think our fun would have continued, but the friends had a friendly cat and Grace cannot pass up a cat...but they make her swell up.  And we had to leave before her eyes swelled shut.  Still it was a good time.    Jerry and I tucked the kiddos in around 10 and I made it (barely) to midnight.  On New Year's Day we decided to hit a park... really it was the only pictures I took the whole time we were there.  heh.

Right after this last picture was taken, Elijah fell into the water... so back home it was.  We played for a bit at home and just took it easy.  Monday we headed home.  On the way home, I got a call.  sigh.  We had had a play date earlier the week before at Rachel's.  The kids had played well and we had a great morning catching up.  APPARENTLY, when I was telling a GREAT joke (hehehe!) inside, Elijah was outside scratching his name into the side of Rachel's car.  super sigh.  The good news is that it wasn't that bad.  The bad news (other than my son being a VERY bad graffiti artist... I mean who scratches their NAME??) is that my head almost exploded in the car and I think I scared the crap out of Elijah.  After I calmed down, Jerry and I decided his punishment was to sort the recycling... since we only do this once every 4 months, it's a TON of work... and it's all his.  

So the New Year came in. I was with some of my favorite people in one of my favorite places.  Resolutions?  eh. to try to run a race this year.  we'll see.  I"m not too concerned with this one. I have a phobia of running races with other people.  But we'll see.