Elijah's 5th birthday

We had a swimming party at home for Elijah's 5th birthday. He is such a big boy now. Beforehand we talked about how to treat all of his guests, but he was sweet to everyone. I made him take a little nap before the party, and I think that helped (we had already been to 1 swimming party that morning, so he was tired!) There were no meltdowns today! Yay! All of the kids at the party were very well behaved.

We let all of the siblings/parents come if they wanted. Elijah, however, only wanted the girls to come! :) He is fond of the little ladies! We all swam for a bit. Then Brian grilled some hot dogs and hamburgers. Then it was time for our homemade pinata, cake, ice cream, and presents!

The night before his birthday, I kissed him saying that this would be the last time I kissed him as a 4 year old. He asked me if all of his clothes would fit him tomorrow - if his 4 year old clothes would fit him now that he's 5. :) Then when he woke up on his birthday and we were all commenting on him being 5 now, he said, 'But I don't feel any different!" Innocence is precious.


Here is Harrison in the pool with one of his best buddies, Ethan.














Zachary and his buddy, Nicholas, had fun with the water guns. I don't think they did anything else!










Elijah jumping in....again. Between our party and the one we had in the morning, I know he had to be tired from all the jumping / swimming!









Getting ready to whack the pinata. We made it from paper mache. He helped a little until his hands got too icky. Zachary helped a little too. Elijah did help paint. He was very specific about the colors. When we first made it, there was a small dent in one side that made it look like the Death Star. Zachary was going to help him paint it to look like that, but Elijah told him it had to be pink or the girls would not like it!










Here is one of the many cool presents he got. This one allows him to make different animal footprints on the sidewalk!









Here he is with his piece of cake. He asked for the purple balloon piece, but ended up not being able to eat very much of it at all!










Here are all of the party guests!













Here are my sweet boys...Aren't they so handsome?











I had to try the party hats too.