Who's Four??

Eli's Four! Can you believe it? I certainly can't! My baby boy is getting older & it is some ways it is so sad to me. In other ways, it's so fun to watch him grow, change, & become more independent. I guess every age is a trade off of some sort.

As usual, his birthday came right after school started, so we sent in cupcakes to the classroom. There was a little bit of batter left over, so i made a tiny little cake for us all to have one slice on his actual birthday. We also took him to McDonald's for his special dinner. Here he is being sung to, and then blowing out the candles....We took him to the store to pick out his own birthday present since he wanted a bike. We needed to make sure he could ride it well enough & to decide on the proper sized bike. We did this weeks ago, but when i went back to get the bike, they were out. Oh, no! I did this on the one day i had some time to myself with out him in tow (his first day of school). So after school, we had to go to a different store to see if they had one. Luckily they had ONE, so i let him ride it to the checkout & then carefully ride it to the car. He was so excited! So he got his present a day early! Oh, well! That night, Daddy took him out in the driveway to give him lessons on braking. Much needed lessons, because our drive has a slight slant to it, & he almost ran into the garage door at full speed!Happy Birthday, Sweet Eli! You bring such love & laughter to our world!