Eli's 5th Birthday

My little boy just turned 5! To be quit honest though, I really don't know if I can keep calling him little any more because he has gotten so very BIG. So my big kid was so funny about this birthday because as soon as we turned the calendar to March he was counting down the days until his birthday. He asked if I would print him a calendar to hang in his room and each day he would mark an "x" over the previous day and then count how many more days were left. When the day finally came he came running into my room telling me that it was his birthday! Another fun thing for him was that his birthday landed on a Friday and it was a school day as well. When he got to school his chair had a birthday sign on it and he got to ware a crown for the day. To say he was excited wouldn't even come close.
Weeks before I asked Eli what kind of cake he wanted to have and without hesitation he said, Transformers. So he and I made a plan to use my car cake mold and make a yellow car that would be the Transformer, Bumblebee. He loved the idea so much that he even drew a picture of what he wanted it to look like. I thought that it would be easy enough to make and since Heather was coming I knew I would be able to pick her brain on how to make it look awesome. Yet when the moment of truth came I got the cake in the mold and into the oven and do you think it worked, NO! I was so mad! Thank goodness Eli was kind and Heather was smart because she decided that we would just do a regular cake and frost the Autobot symbol on top since time was running out. It looked great and Eli loved it! In the end that was all that really mattered. Thank you Heather for making the cake look so wonderful.

The finished product!
Eli blowing out the candle with some of his friends.I think the look on his face says it all. He really liked his cake.
This was one of the little games we played called, "Find the AllSpark." The kids had to follow clues to find the AllSpark and once they found it and opened it it had their gift bags in it. Another one of Heathers helpful ideas. The other reason I put this in was for the decorations. I had way to much fun putting up autobot symbols all over and of course BALLOONS!

Here Eli is opening gifts from his friends.Here is the Optimus Prime he got from Heather.
Bumblebee PJ's from Keith and I.
Judy got him a Lego Hero Factory guy that he loves to play with. So much so that he now has another one that he was able to buy with his birthday money that he got from his Great Grandma and Grandpa Wharton.
Here he is holding his new helmet. We had him open this first and then led him out to the garage for this next present...
It was about time we got him one of these.
Here Mckenna was trying on his helmet and she didn't stop there because she had to try out his bike as well.
I think we know what to get her for her birthday. (=

It was a great day and we couldn't have done it without the help of all of our friends and family. Thanks to everyone for all gifts you gave. I know that I didn't get pictures of them all but know that they were appreciated and loved. If I posted each gift you all would be here for awhile. He was very spoiled and loved it!

Happy Birthday Eli! WE LOVE YOU!