Eli's Race Car Birthday Party

We had a successful birthday party at our house for Eli's birthday. In the past, we've done large barbecues for Eli's birthday, but this year we decided to just do cake and ice cream and it was the best, least stressful party I've ever thrown. And when a party is less stressful, it also means that it was the most fun! Eli invited all of his classmates and they are a fun group of kids. They all know each other so well, it was great to watch them all play so well together. Here's the lowdown of what we did:

We decorated cars:

We tattooed:We parachuted:We zip-lined:

We opened presents:

We 'ooh'ed and 'aww'ed:

Grandma once again pulled through on the cake. Have I mentioned how glad I am to have her do this? She's so good.

We sang and ate cake:We had a blast. And when the party was over, we played with all of the treasures. Sadie tried out Eli's new scooter:Four adults attempted and failed at transforming a difficulty level 4 transformer:

For posterity sake, here are Eli's 5 year stats:

Height: 41 inches (15%)

Weight: 36 pounds (15%)