Has it really been 7 years?! Happy Birthday Mac!

I can't even believe that this was 7 years ago... We had no idea of who this baby boy was going to be.


And here he is now! A kid who can't have enough friends and just loves them all. Always up to something with a sparkle in his eye (the creative juices are always flowing). He is growing up and we're so proud of our 7 year old!


Mac, a little shell-shocked, woke up to a bed of balloons on his birthday


He wanted a guitar-pumpkin birthday with apple bobbing. So we made a guitar cake and had discounted Halloween orange plates and napkins...


and apple-bobbing...in a non-germy way.


It's tough to blow out 7 candles!


Mac's birthday present and new friend "Fluffy Eliason." Mac has wanted to be a veternarian for some time now, unlike his brother who would rather be a "people doctor" because he doesn't want a lion to eat him (side story). Mac has also wanted a dog for some time now...but we're going to start with a gerbil.


Hopefully we can all be friends... Happy Birthday Mac!!!

Elly's Birthday & Nate's Preschool Graduation

We have entered 2 again, and I'm not sure I'm ready for it. Elly's not as much of a talker...so a little more of a screamer. She loves dolls and pretending she is a mommy. After visiting with her two aunts and their new babies, as well as me having friends around her that are nursing, she has decided to point at whoever's breasts and say "baby eat". So far she hasn't pointed at a random stranger, so that's good.

She also loves to climb and explore. This morning I had to take her off a shelf of books at the library and search for her twice. The boys are much better dates for the library at this point. Oh well, I guess I have to teach her sometime how to behave!

Nate graduated from preschool this past Friday. He did a great job, but is very excited for Summer. He told me that he would miss seeing and playing with his friends at preschool, but he'd rather play with me instead. I've got to enjoy my little homebody now, as I'm sure there will be a time when he won't be as excited to spend Summer with mommy!

Here's some pics!


In case you were missing another pic of Colorado snow. This was the morning of the 12th...Elly's birthday.


Here's the birthday girl and one of her babies!


Her gift from Gma and Papa Eli...got to get the girl going on some wheels!


Happy Birthday Elly! The boys helped decorate her cupcakes. Mac's wearing one of Elly's b-day gifts. Can you guess who got if for her? Nate is going to try to get Elly playing catch with him in no time!


Nate graduating from preschool


We're so proud of our little graduate! (so proud that he didn't hit any friends, scream at any teachers.... :))

Nate's 5!!!

Wow, I can't believe Nate is 5! It's gone by fast. He has been so excited about his birthday... he woke up in the morning bounding up the stairs, announcing to everyone that it was his birthday. Mac was running behind him just as excited. It was like Christmas morning in the Eliason household!

We had a small birthday party for him with 5 of his friends in our backyard that he thought was the best party ever. It really was just an obstacle course and pinata, but with constant action, the kid was happy. Here's some pics...


We decided this year to try out having the boys invite as many kids as they are years old to their b-day party. Reason being, Mac our social butterfly would invite everyone he knew, and Nate gets overwhelmed with lots of kids. So Nate got to invited 5 buddies and he had a great time playing with everyone.


Check out my cake decorating skills! Not sure how it turned out... but winging it was kind of fun! We still haven't been able to cut into Tom. :)


Make a wish!


Sam set up an obstacle course including the trampoline, playset, zipline (which was the biggest hit) and other sports stuff Nate loves


The only thing Nate wanted for his birthday was a pinata...amazingly no one hit anyone else!:)


Sure glad I'm not the pinata with this tough guy!


Elly couldn't get enough of the zipline...she was cutting in front of the other kids to get on it. Her new nickname is "Animal."