Happy Birthday Eli!

Eli with his Transformer cake. We went for a much simpler version than with Andrew's. He still loved it though.

Eli with his new Spiderman bike. We gave it to him Saturday so we could go riding at the park in the afternoon.


Emma enjoyed the slide at the park. It's the first time she has gone down all on her own.


Eli on the swings.

Ethan and Eli loved climbing this thing. I thought it looked like a big spiderweb.

I can't believe my littlest boy is 4 years old! Where has the time gone?? Eli was so excited to have a birthday. He's been counting down the days and the weeks. He got a new "big kid" bike for his birthday. No more tricycle for him. He loves being a big boy, like his brothers.

Eli is such a joy to have in our family. He is always making us laugh. He loves anything with Lightening McQueen on it. He is learning to play the PlayStation and the Wii. He is getting pretty good at Lego Star Wars. Eli wants to do everything his older brothers do. He can spell his first and last name. We're still working on writing it. He gets frustrated when the E doesn't come out just right. He knows most of the letters and their sounds. He enjoys doing things with his hands; play dough and homemade slime being his favorite. He has a super sensitive sense of smell and won't use homemade play dough because it smells "ugly", as he puts it.

His latest accomplishment is being able to name all 32 NFL teams. You tell him the city and he can name the team. This one is a skill taught by his Dad :) They are working on the NBA teams now and he knows about half of them already. He loves watching sports with his dad.

His favorite food is chicken nuggets and he loves ice cream. I think he eats more than the rest of the kids combined. We went to Mcdonald's Saturday night. Each birthday the boys get to pick somewhere they would like to eat out. Since his birthday was on a Sunday this year, we went out Saturday night after the park. We had lots of fun!

He is very patient with Emma (most of the time). He is a bit of a stinker to his older brothers though. He knows which buttons to press to make them crazy. We love our little Eli and are so grateful for these past four years. Happy Birthday little buddy!!