Eli’s Birthday Fun

I talked to Eli the morning of his birthday to find out what he wanted for his birthday dinner. Since he loves anything with noodles or bread I figured I would be fine not going to the store. I told him that because it was his special day he got to pick anything he wanted to eat. He looked at me with a grin and said and signed Watermelon. Then he signed carrots and asked also for “CUTEcumbers.” I tried offering more suggestions and those were the only things that interested him. I did make macaroni and cheese to go with it but it was an AWFUL recipe that I will never make again. I should have just stuck with what he wanted.

When Daddy got home he helped Eli frost his cake. He was mostly excited for the candles. I had showed him some pictures of cakes online and had thought about doing a Hot Air Balloon cake because of our weekend adventure (that post to come) and then had thought about doing a Blue’s Clues cake which he is really into right now. But after letting him pick out candles at the store I realized he didn’t really care what his cake looked like as long as he got to help put candles in it.  He doesn’t really eat the boxed cake mix cake so I made him a carrot/apple cake with a yummy whipping cream frosting. He couldn’t keep his little finger out of it. He loved helping his daddy with the finishing touches.

 

I love this picture! He never ate his macaroni (he said he didn’t want me to make it anyway) but he loved the cucumbers and watermelon. The cake was actually a hit too which made me happy I put the extra effort in to making something special for him and not just a “cool” cake that I would be proud of. 

He has a signing time “Happy Birthday” DVD that he loves to watch. That is his idea of a party. They play pin the tale on the donkey on the show so he thought it would be fun to play games. This was he and Micali’s first time with a blind fold and they thought it was hilarious.

Pin the nose on Blue went over pretty good too. (I totally cheated and used the cake template to make the game instead of the cake---way less work!)

Apparently I didn’t get any pictures of his present opening. It is all on video. He got a word puzzle game, magnetic animals , and a sleeping bag for our summer camping adventures. Micali and him were already trying it out today and could both fit inside.