Elliot is SIX!

Goodness--I can't believe that Elliot is 6 years old!  Where did the time go?  We had a whole weekend of birthday fun and food.  There were three birthday parties, but I couldn't take pictures of all the different people, just the cakes!

 

We started out on Saturday morning. Elliot wanted poppy seed muffins for breakfast.  We put six candles in a muffin for him and he did a great job blowing them out.  We opened presents after that and then the boys just played and played!  Well, Elliot played and Nolan begged us the whole time to play with Elliot's new transformer.

 

 

 

 

Nolan laid in bed and cried because he couldn't play with Elliot's new transformer! Ha!

In the afternoon, we went to my mother-in-law's house (she turned 79 a few days before Elliot) and had a birthday party there with all of Andre's family. Lots of fruit, ice cream and cake followed by Chinese food for supper.

I made a cookie cake for Elliot's birthday party with his Kindergarten friends which was Sunday afternoon. It turned out great and the kids really enjoyed it! Thanks for the recipe, Aunt Amy!

He wanted a transformer cake. No can do for this mommy. I put a little toy transformer on top.

His third party was at kindergarten.  I decided to make dirt and worms.  Oreos, chocolate pudding and gummy worms. It turned out pretty good!

Found some edible flowers and leaves at the store!

Swimming!

Elliot is taking swimming lessons!  He loves them. It is just an eight week course, but that is okay.  He was so scared the first day, but when I came in the last five minutes of class, he was beaming! He has really gotten confident in the water and can hold his head underwater now. He still needs a swimming noodle to keep him afloat, but he really enjoys it!

Waiting outside with Nolan

Working Boys

Our boys sure know how to work! We went to a great playground and they just dug and pulled, ran and jumped! :)

 

 

Their next job was drawing on the sidewalk! :)

 

Decor for Church

I am always looking for ideas for decorations at church.  We have such nice windows in the children's Bible class room and everyone walks by there and see them.  They look pretty bare when nothing is in them.  I had done one egg carton craft before and really enjoyed doing it, so I decided to do another one, just a little different. I tried to do the colors of the rainbow--with help from my mom, I was able to get it done!

 

Bible Class with Granna

I was really happy that Granna could join us for the children's Bible class. It was just my two boys on this particular Sunday because of summer break and our topic was Jesus is my best friend. I picked songs that Elliot really enjoys singing. Sometimes, he is really a singer and sometimes he is not. :) This Sunday he was a singer and I got some videos of him singing. Granna had to turn her hearing aid down. Ha!

 

 

Elliot's favorite song--The Battle Belongs to the Lord

 

 

This is the Day that the Lord Has Made

 

 

Jesus is My Best Friend

 

Yummy Ice Cream with Granna

It has been so hot. We went to the ice cream place....it was in a mall...air-conditioned.  Delicious!!

 

 

Bristle Blocks from Granna

 

While Granna was here, she saw something at church that the boys enjoyed playing with.  She decided they need some at home--let me tell you, these Bristle Blocks are great!  They are so quiet--just heavenly.  And they keep the boys occupied too. Nolan sure has enjoyed building things.  Elliot enjoys it too, but Nolan has really taken an interest to them. Thanks so much, Granna!

 

Intent!

A helicopter

Crafts with Granna

It was so hot while Granna was here that we did a lot of crafts!  We had so much fun!  Granna brought a few things from the States for the boys to paint. Elliot painted by number and Nolan painted a sun catcher.

 

Two excited little boys!

Since I had lots of egg cartons around here, we got on Pinterest and found some cute ideas for the boys.  They made helicopters and boats out of egg cartons!

 

Cutting the sail

Then Granna bought little wooden bird houses for one Euro each.  The boys loved it.  Elliot did a great job painting a rainbow on the roof of his birdhouse. And Nolan--he was so concentrated and mixed some beautiful colors.  I was very impressed with both boys.

 

Mom was painting egg carton flowers--the blog for that is yet to come!

The beginning of his rainbow



The concentration!



Working on his rainbow!

Thanks, Granna!!!