Eli celebrated his 4th birthday yesterday. His request was to get a happy meal, but then he thought of Jackson and Zoey not getting a happy meal, and per usual Eli's personality, asked if we could all get a happy meal so that they wouldn't feel left out.
He's so thoughtful and sharing, one of his best and strongest inherent personality traits. So we had a family picnic and got Jackson out of school early to join us. It was fun, and worth the extra dough to buy 4 happy meals instead of one :) It was a beautiful fall day! I'm glad we got to enjoy it.
Of course Eli can't have a normal face shot when looking at the camera, another part of his crazy personality that I love.
We had grandma Gray over for dinner. Eli's request was corn on the cob and Salmon. Then we busted open a piñata, which was more drama that it should have been! Kids were worried they wouldn't get prizes fast enough, Jackson got hit by a swinging stick, Zoey cried because she hit Jackson.....it was too much.
Eli asked for a monster truck cake....
And we had a family party, which was only going to be a small function with the grandparents, but Elmo and Judy wanted to combine parties and celebrate Elmo's birthday with us (it's on the 28th). Of course we said yes, 2 parties in 1... so it turned into a much larger affair. It was great to have family. It was cray to have us all together in our small house though! Eli had fun with his cousins.
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