One of our neighbors is a fireman. Eli thinks the world of him. He told us we can drop by and he would give us a tour of the fire station. We quickly took up on his offer and went to the station.
He let Eli sit in the front seat of the fire truck.
He showed Eli everything about a fire truck.
The then opened the back and let Paul sit in the back seat.
We decided to do a balloon party. Nothing too big this year. Just 248 balloons! Eli also requested a birthday cake with sprinkles.
I started last night baking a birthday cake. It didn’t turn out so I made another one. I should have taken pictures of the mess, but just threw the cakes away. I ended up making cupcakes.
I iced the cupcakes this morning and they looked pretty good to me. I asked Eli and he said they looked good, but with tears in his eyes he said he really wanted a birthday cake with sprinkles.
I couldn’t disappoint the birthday boy, so I made another one this time correcting my mistakes I made last night.
Another cake that was a disaster. But with only a few hours until the party started, I had to do something.
The only thing I could think of was to piece together the cake with icing.
I’m clearly not a baker. My 9 inch double layer cake turned into a 1 and 1/2 layer and 6 inch cake 🙂
I had to fill in a LOT of holes with icing. Then I needed to hide the icing. So stars everywhere it was.
This cake was 15lbs! It was nothing but icing. The birthday boy didn’t care. He got his birthday cake and was thrilled!
Eli was so excited for his party to start. He kept asking every 10 minutes when his guests were going to arrive.
Everyone is so good to Eli. He loved all his gifts!
Eli has a great memory. When we go shopping he likes to go to the display with the toy cars. Today I was in a hurry and didn’t have time for him to play with toy cars. So I kept walking through other isles avoiding the isle with the cars so I could get my shopping done and out of the store.
Eli wouldn’t take no for an answer. He wanted to play with the cars and was going to find them himself. He took the cart and off he went.
He kept looking and looking. Up and down every isle.
When Eli wants something, he really goes for it and doesn’t stop until he gets it. I hope he continues with this when he get older and goes after everything he wants in life!
Eli is out of school for a school break so he came running with me. He is 40 lbs! I think this is the last time I run with him. He does give me a great workout pushing him 4 miles and up all those hills!
At the top of the hill there is some new construction and Eli loves every minute of it. There is always some type of construction vehicle moving. Excavators are his favorite!
He had a great time watching the road grader.
We heard the high school band play, so we had to run over there and listen.
We started running again and met the band in our neighborhood. We had to stop and rest, I mean watch the band 🙂 Time to teach Eli how to play!
That afternoon we stopped at mom and dad’s house and walked through the car show.
Bryan stopped in as well.
Paul, Bryan, and Aaron came to the show.
Paul had to take my picture in front of this truck. Reminded him of a truck from his childhood.
Eli was getting bored of the cars until this truck pulled in!
I had a few things to do at the stores today. Eli got straight to work. He set the tables with baskets.
All the tables with baskets.
He filled the ice machine with ice.
He grabbed his favorite snack. Cheese.
Played with water.
When we started out the day it was sunny and only a few white clouds in the sky. An hour later it started hailing! And not just a little hail, it looked like it was snowing.
The hail was the size of quarters. It left dents in my car.
This is what happens when employees don’t show for work. So at the last minute, I had to come in and get the day started. Paul and Eli came to help me out.