Eli turns 5!

The boys' birthdays are always an emotionally trying time for me. Im excited to watch them grow up, but at the same time Im sad watching them grow up so fast. Turning 1 was hard for me, but I think that turning 5 has been the most emotional for me so far. Its such a big step! Now were on to kindergarten...crazy. Anyways, we always go above and beyond for the boys birthdays...but this year Eli was especially spoiled. We decided to have his friends from preschool over for a seperate birthday party. We ate lunch, smashed a pinata, and played with every toy in the house...it looked like 7 four and five year olds had been there for 3 hours....oh wait, they were! A few moms came and stayed at the party, but most of them left them in my care. It was so much fun, but definatley exhausting!

Then a few days later he got his "Red Robin birthday club" coupon in the mail so we went to dinner, he ordered his favorite dish Cheesey noodles, and then they sang to him with balloons on his ears and gave him an ice cream sundae. Boy was he one happpy birthday boy!

Then on his actual "birth" day we went to Calamity Janes for dinner. They gave him a cowboy hat, a sundae, and had him ride a toy horse around the room while they sang. It was so cute watching him run around on the horse, he wasnt shy at all about it!

And then to finish off his birthday series, was a very nice party at our house with family and friends. Eli's theme he picked this year, was monkeys. So we had monkeys everywhere! A good friend also brought along their blow up bouncy house and the kids bounced all afternoon. We are very blessed with such a healthy smart energetic fun 5 year old boy. And we are even more blessed to have such great family and friends to help us celebrate our childrens birthdays with. Thank you everyone who made this birthday so special for our big boy.

Happy 5th Birthday Eli!!!