Eli turned 5 on December 2nd. How on earth did THAT happen? I just came to the realization not long ago that he will be starting kindergarten in August. That means I only have about 8 months to enjoy our free days together. How depressing! I'm really going to miss our fun days together when I'm off work and he's out of school.
I've noticed a big difference the past year in how Eli is maturing. He's practicing writing his letters and even working on reading sight words! He's come such a long way since starting preschool in September!
Eli likes to do things on his own, or at least try to do them without help. He loves to help me cook and bake. It takes much longer to get things done in the kitchen but I try to be patient and let him help me. He's even tried new foods just because he helps me cook it! One new food he's loving is scrambled eggs! That child wouldn't touch an egg (no matter how it was cooked) since he was born. One day he just decided he wanted to eat scrambled eggs. He has mastered cracking the eggs, beating them and even stirring them in the skillet while they are cooking.
If you ask Eli what he wants to do when he grows up he will tell you he wants to "change jobs" a lot. HA!! He wants to start with building buildings, working on a golf course, then farming. He wants to end his career by delivering packages like Daddy. He loves to construct things and learn how they work (his favorite TV show is How It's Made). We think he will be an engineer. Or farmer. The boy LOVES tractors!
Eli can be shy when he's around new people but it doesn't take long for him to warm up and start acting silly. He's a total goofball and I love it! We are trying to learn about "self control" and when we need to control our sillies.
Eli had school on his birthday. I took doughnuts for their snack time and he said they sang happy birthday to him. After school we went for a special treat at Rick's Bakery in Fayetteville. He got to pick out any of the treats in the case and then we watched the cake decorators (one of his favorite things to do). And he got to pick out a balloon.
After Chad got off work we went bowling at Fast Lanes. Every time we drive by Fast Lanes he tells me he wants to go there, so he was thrilled when we went on his birthday.
After we got home from bowling we sang Happy Birthday again and let him blow out a candle on a petit for that he had picked out earlier at Rick's Bakery.
I still can't believe our baby is a big five year old!
These have been the best 5 years of our lives.
Happy Birthday, Eli!
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