Happy Birthday Elliott

For the last few weeks Mason has been begging to have a birthday party for his dragon Elliott. We finally decided Tuesday would be a good time to have it (this is before we were moving) and yesterday in preparation he colored a lot of paper, cut it up, and spread it all over the house to "decorate". We couldn't talk about party plans with Elliott around, so Elliott spent a lot of time this last week in a closet because that is all Mason would talk about. Finally the big day arrived.

Mason made sure Elliott ate a good "birthday breakfast" consisting of dragon food (cereal). Note the apron so Elliott won't get messy.

And we made a cake that he helped me decorate with Edward and Duck candles. Elliott's two favorite things evidently. . .

Then we decided to take the cake to playgroup to share . Elliott got to blow out his candles. . . (by the way, he is eight and Mason says he is going to baptize him soon). . .
And then Elliott got to open the presents Mason insisted upon wrapping for him. . .5 of his Thomas trains. Yesterday he said he was giving Elliott his backugans (sp?) but this morning he changed his mind and said Elliott would prefer trains.
All in all, a pretty good day for Elliott and Mason but a pretty stressful day for Mommy. I spent all the rest of the day trying to clean out and pack our bedroom but Mason was in a rotten mood for the afternoon so I didn't get much done. He has had 4-5 hour naps in the afternoon for the last 2 years and is now just starting not to take them consistently. When he takes a nap he stays up until 11 PM wanting attention and if he doesn't he is horrible all afternoon. I can't wait for preschool.










Comments

Juliet said…
It's funny how much little kids love birthdays huh. Until a few days ago every day was happy birthday to someone or something.

See ya soon good luck with the packing!
12:41 PM
Christina said…
That is way too cute. What a great mother you are for doing that.
5:39 PM
The Goates Herd said…
I love it! The baptism comment is priceless.
5:47 PM
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