Happy Birthday, Elliott!

Wow, Elliott turned 5 years old on Thursday! Elliott is amazing! He is a great big brother. He loves to play with Derek and make him laugh. He is incredibly smart. He loves reading and numbers. His favorite books right now are the Magic Tree House series. He reads them all by himself. He is a good helper and he loves to build. He has lots of fun with his Geo Trax and Legos. I'm so blessed to have such an awesome kid!

Happy Birthday, Elliott! I love you!

We celebrated by going to Village Inn for pancakes and Chuck E. Cheese's for games. This year we decided against the oh-so-delicious pizza from Chuck E. Cheese's, as has been the tradition in years past. Elliott had a great time. We asked him if it would be okay to have birthday cake the following day, since we would be out late with celebrations. He agreed. Later on, he even suggested waiting to open his presents. That was fine with us. So, we had 2 days of birthday celebrations.

I just had to include this picture of Derek sitting in a restaurant high chair for the first time. I think he really enjoyed the plastic bib.

I really like this sitting up stage. It makes lots of things easier. I put him in a shopping cart for the first time last week as well and it was great. I actually had room to fill the shopping cart without being bothered by a car seat.