we started off the celebration the night before his birthday. we played in the backyard, roasted hot dogs, made smores, played ladder ball, read stories, and then camped in our back yard.
elliot has learned to pump on the swing now and he is so proud of himself. he asked me to take a picture. isn't he a cutie.
the next morning we opened presents. we are lucky to have grandparents send us birthday packages, so elliot had a fun pile of presents to open the morning of his birthday. thanks to grandma and grandpa allen and grandma and grandpa homer!!
elliot got to choose what we did on his birthday. jeffrey hadn't come with us to the zoo yet and we hadn't gone on any of the rides there yet, so that is what elliot wanted to do. we had a great time. this picture is when we were on the boat ride.
this one is from the train ride. sorry i cut the top of your head off jeffrey. :)
once again jeffrey created an awesome birthday cake. elliot wanted it to be star wars themed. he loved it! i would say jeffrey did a fantastic job!
we were lucky to have our friends, dominic, morgan, ian and adriano, come celebrate with us. we did some fireworks that night in the front of our house. it was fun.
the next day was the 4th of july. after church we headed over to our friend's house, had a great dinner, the boys played in the water, and then we headed out front to do fireworks. edwin, morgan's husband, and jeffrey had a great time setting off the fireworks and creating a few of their own. it was cool to watch.don't you just love this picture of elliot. what a handsome 6 year old.
love this smile!
elliot loved watching the snakes grow.
morgan's neighbor brought over a huge stash of sparklers so the kids got to do tons of them. elliot figured out how to light them in the middle so they would burn up and down at the same time. then he figured out how to get them to melt together. i think it was his favorite thing of the night.
happy birthday elliot. we love you so much. enjoy your 6th year!
