Doesn't that sound like a great book title?!
Tuesday night my dear friend Cary arrived from Colorado - she's affectionately known by all of her friends' children as "Aunt Cary". Eli was so excited to see his Aunt Cary and Cole was very happy to meet her. Eli went around the house every day asking "Where Aunt Cary at?". Cary has been hanging out with us and it was a special treat that she was here to celebrate Eli's birthday.
This morning, Eli came downstairs to find a balloon and presents at the table for breakfast. It's so cute now that he completely understands about opening presents. He really enjoyed that. We also used our Shining Star plate for the first time for Eli's birthday breakfast of chocolate chip muffins (with a few chocolate chips on the side!). The gifts he opened were from Baby Cole (Matchbox cars) and his cousins and aunt/uncle in Florida (a recycling truck and a concrete truck). After breakfast he proceeded to run all over the house with the trucks. Have I told you that he's TOTAL boy?! A little running around and then it was time for school.
Fun stuff waiting for breakfast
Chocolate chips and a balloon - life is good
Aunt Cary & I went to Eli's school for snack time and took a giant cookie to celebrate with Eli's friends. All the kids were so excited to see us, especially since we were packing LOTS of sugar. Our plan was to be there for snack time and then bring Eli home - aren't we smart? Jack all the kids up on sugar and then leave. =) We were going to go to the pool but thunder kept us from doing that so we just played at home. Amy, Henry & Samantha came over to see Eli and give him his gift. Then Owen came over to play for a bit. We had about 1-1/2 to 2 hours to total chaos in our house but Eli loved it! He loved getting presents, being the center of attention and playing with his friends.
Birthday cookie for school
Yummy cookie for snack time - celebrating with friends from school
The rest of his classmates - notice only one girl in the bunch!
Eli went for the thick balloon frosting when everyone was done
Eli LOVES the new recycling and concrete trucks
Cool - Matchbox carrying case from Henry & Samantha. We have LOTS of matchbox cars.
The simple joys - a fun balloon
I bought this container to keep the balls cleaned up on the porch - you see how well that worked.
Aunt Cary snuggling Baby Cole
Eli & Owen - fun playtime on the porch
After all that playing, we headed to Chick-Fil-A for birthday dinner with Ryan. (Told you with was a fun and busy day) Eli ate a few nuggets, lots of fries and then was ready to go play on the play structure. He & Ryan had fun running around with the other kids in there.
Eli & Ryan - best buds
Our attempt at a family birthday photo
Post dinner chaos, we headed home to do bath and get our 2 YEAR OLD to bed. But before bed, we tried to get a good photo of me & the boys with Aunt Cary.
Photo op with Aunt Cary
All in all, I think Eli got super spoiled and had lots of fun on his 2nd birthday. And we still have his party on Saturday!!
Happy Birthday Eli - I hope you had a great day!! We love you.
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