On Sunday my little buddy Eli turned six years old!
He loves that he now has to use both hands to show how old he is and is such a fun kid. I hope he had a great birthday week.
On Thursday last week we had a birthday party for him. Wade was leaving out of town for the bow hunt so we wanted to celebrate early so everyone could be there.
He really wanted to invite his triplet cousins (who are 18) but we somehow talked him out of it. Then he wanted to take his little friends to play paint ball..then he wanted to play lazer tag. Then he wanted to dress up as super heros. This kid was all over the place! Finally we decided on a dress up party and he invited two friends (and the younger brothers of one of them).
Then I showed him all the super hero cakes and he picked a star wars BB8 cake. lol
After the party we had back to school night at the Jr High - and the Elementary school, and then he picked none-other than McDonalds for his birthday dinner.
Although we had already celebrated and Wade was gone, we still made Sunday a fun day too! And, of course, we did the birthday interview.
Some of Eli's favorites are:
color: green and blue
toy: legos or dress up
game: nerf guns wars
superhero: spiderman
animal: cheetah
song: Rise by Katie Perry (OH...how I laughed at this answer. I am positive that when I asked 6 year old Gage what his favorite song was he told me a church/primary song. Of course the 4th kid (influenced by his older siblings) would spout off some Katie Perry song!!!
food: pickles
thing to do: go to the pool
possession: blankie
Eli is always making me laugh. He is a big sweet heart. He loves to give hugs and kisses. And he loves girls - and prefers me over Wade.
Eli loves to jump and climb. He is always finding different tricks to do - jumping off the bunk bed, onto the yoga ball and flipping onto the bean bag. He is always flipping and jumping everywhere! He is working hard at perfecting his headstand so he can be like Noah. He is a big joker and loves to dress up in costumes. He loves to get people to laugh and be silly. He doesn't like to wear clothes (lol) and I have to keep reminding him that 6 year olds wear pants! He is Mr Independent and loves to do things himself.
You can never have enough cake - so on Sunday we made him another cake. Avery made it, Noah frosted it, then Lucy dumped an entire carton of sprinkles on it. Gage helped by eating it.
Eli is awesome. He really scared us last year when he had his seizure, but it's almost been a year and he is doing great on his medicine. He takes it every day and likes being able to help get the dosage out too. He is a pretty smart kid and loves to read things to us. He loves to draw silly monsters - like Noah. He loves to eat! He is always in the snack drawer.
He is the biggest liar...I know that is a silly thing to say about him, but it's true. He totally lies all the time and I have to remind him over and over that he won't be in as much trouble if he just tells me the truth the first time. (Like the time last week I saw him pee in the yard! And then I asked him if he did and he said no, he was just looking at a plant!?!?). Seriously. This kid.
Since his birthday was the day before school started his awesome teacher let him wear the birthday crown the first day of school. Then today I brought in a treat. Eli was hilarious! First the teacher had him come up and all the kids asked him questions. He totally hammed this up - and then asked them "Raise your hand if you like squirrels" Then he told then his sad story about how we went hiking and found a snake that was eating a squirrel. Then when someone asked his favorite dessert, he told them pickles. He had them all laughing. It was so funny! He isn't shy and didn't mind being in front of the group at all.
We all love little Eli. We can't believe he is already six years old!
