ELI TURNS 6!

Eli had kind of a bummer actual birthday, it was on a Sunday and Sunday birthdays are always kinda stinky because you can't go out and celebrate anywhere and to make it more boring, it was General Conference Sunday (Yes, we all love General Conference and love hearing from our prophets) which means when you are 6 years old you are bored out of your mind sitting in front of the tv watching conference and not going to primary and getting sung to...and to make it even worse...Emma woke up with strep throat so the little family party we had planned with grandparents and cousins coming over we had to cancel so we wouldn't get anyone sick.

After we got Emma all squared away with medicines and locked her up in her room for the day (she was really sad she missed out on being with Eli and was sad she ruined his day) we called everyone and canceled on them and then just tried to make the best of Eli's day as we could. After Eli found out Emma was sick he asked with a somber look if he'd still get to have a birthday that day :( He opened his few presents, opened his new big boy bike and went outside and rode around for a bit.

Despite the fact that Emma was sick, all the grandparents still showed up some time through out the day and made an appearance and dropped off a gift for him...I think he might have enjoyed that more actually because he would get presents randomly throughout the day!

A week later he had a little friend birthday party and got to invite 3 friends to go with him to Jambo Park and ride the little rides. After being there for a couple of hours, Jared took all the boys to Sonic and got them food and they opened presents.

We are so lucky that he is such a happy go-lucky kid because he was such a good sport about everything. We sure do love having him in our family, he brings us so much joy and he brings so much love to this family...he is such a lovey.

Eli's stats:
weight: 50 pounds - 75%
height: 45 inches - 50%

 

Bo, Jake, Eli and Logan at Jambo Park

 Eli and his cake - it did have superhero action figures on it, but he took those off earlier in the day and played with them.

 Good thing Tyler was helping him blow out that candle!

 All Eli wanted to do was not eat the cake, but stick his face in it. His friend got to do that at his party so that's all Eli wanted to do :)

 

At Sonic with his friends....