October 2018 - Eli's Birthday

 Eli turned 6 years old on October 16th.

After he woke up and got dressed he came into our room and we let him open his first gift.

It was a book that he loves and has checked out of the library several times.

After that, Ty woke up. While we were in Ty's room, he convinced us to open another present.

So I took the gift bag he had just opened and put another gift in it.

We gave him three Where's Waldo books.

It was crazy hair day at school, so I used hair spray to turn the top of his head orange.

Sean surprised Eli at school and brought him lunch. Eli was so excited.

For dinner, we had mac-n-cheese, little smokies and jello. We've had this meal before on his birthday.

Eli had been asking for a construction cake like he had for his third birthday.

After dessert it was time for more presents.

Eli had been asking for a slinky.

One of the gifts we gave him was this car track.

Here's where I blogged about Eli's fifth birthday, his fourth birthday, 

and here's his third birthday blog post, here's his second birthday and here's Eli's first birthday post.

September 2018 - Trip to the Zoo

There was a Friday in September that there was no kindergarten. And Sean wasn't working.

So we took our younger three kids to the zoo.

Ty loves elephants. He was so excited to see them.

Here he is making the elephant sound and raising his arm like an elephant trunk.

The zoo was starting to decorate for Halloween.

We found a skeleton bunny and the kids thought Lexi would like to see it.

So we took a picture.

The seals or sea lions (I am not sure which) were a big hit. They are so fun to watch swim.

The kids thought this sleeping polar bear was so funny.

The tiger was so active. He kept pacing back and forth looking at us. 

He probably thought we looked delicious.

It was a fun day and so nice to make more time with my younger kids.