Elijah's Birthday Party (Post Party Pictures)

Time to open presents

Now Mommy's turn in the bouncy house with Elijah 

(Daddy had his turn earlier) 

Elijah's 4th Birthday Party

Let the party begin 

Greeting his first guest at the door

 Making a craft while Aunt Barb snaps some pictures

 Time to cut some grass

 Elijah and Hayes

 Evie and Molly enjoying the hamburgers and hot dogs

Pinata time - Elijah actually was the one who busted it :) 

Going for the pinata goodies

One very happy boy

LOVE this smile!

Candles are lit and ready to be...

blown out

Elijah wanted to cut the first piece of cake himself

Friends

And more friends

Now that was a fun party

Some notes for Elijah about his party:

1. 14 of your friends attended your party.

2. We had a total of 30 people there to be a special part of your day.

3. You Dad cook a wonderful lunch for everyone.

4. The activities at your party were:  2 bouncy houses, craft table, yard equipment (lawn mowers, blowers, weed eater) and corn hole toss. You and your friends also enjoyed your play set and sandbox too.  

5. The weather was wonderful on your party day! 

Elijah's Birthday Party (Pre-party pictures)

Elijah's birthday this year falls on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. So we decided to have his 4th birthday party on Saturday, November 17th. When we asked Elijah what he wanted his party's theme to be, he said... lawnmowers. So that is what we had, a lawn mower party. 

A very special thank you to my friend, Liz Brown, of "Liz's Latest" for the super cute invitations, cupcake toppers, and party favors. She is always my go-to girl when it's Elijah's birthday or if I need any other great party stuff. 

Thanks Liz! 

Elijah and his Granddaddy (Byron's father)

Elijah and his Aunt Barb waiting on the first guest to arrive.

(Aunt Barb flew in from Oklahoma to attend the party)

School Picture

 Here is Elijah's Fall 2012 school picture

Our little boy is growing up!

A Round of Random Pictures

Helping his Daddy look for pecans in our back yard

Working on trying to stay inside the lines and on his drawing skills 

He really starting enjoying drawing and wanting to do a good job after starting school this year

He traced a plate for the face and a cup for the ears, but all the rest he did

 

 Enjoying the kid's clinic at Home Depot

 My helper at HEB

 

Being silly at Target

Halloween Night 2012

Since Elijah isn't the biggest fan of the dark, we headed out to trick-or-treating before it got really dark. He wanted to dress up as Handy Mandy this year. When we asked him why, he responded because Handy Mandy has tools and fixes things. Wonder where he gets that from? After we had been to about 10 houses, Elijah told me he was ready to go back home. When I asked  why, he told me that he wanted to hand out our candy instead. That was fine with me/us & he had the best time handing it out. 

 Heading out 

 Our helper

 The kids thought if was so cute that Elijah was handing out the candy

 Time for a water break

(Byron got him this cool cup as a happy)  

Now candy time

                 It was a very relaxing and enjoyable Halloween night.