Elijah's Birthday

Elijah is THREE! I can't believe my little boy is three now. This birthday was so much fun too, because this was his first time getting excited for his birthday and he knows what birthday parties are all about. It was so much fun planning everything for him.

He was so cute when he woke up. He came in our room and was complaining that his shirt was unbuttoned. Jed and I started singing Happy Birthday to him and he puts his hands over his ears, shushes us, and then tells us we need to be quiet so he can go back to sleep. Then he takes off to his room, but comes right back with a balloon in his hand. I think that's when it sunk in that it was his special day. We took him out to the living room and dining room to show him all of his decorations for his party and his entire face just lit up. It was so cute to watch him get so excited. Afterwards, Jed and I gave Elijah his birthday present. It was a little kid's camera that he could use for his party. He loved it!

(He has robot pajamas too :) )

After Jed left for school, I finished setting up for his party. This party was a lot of fun to plan and super easy. Although, I've been planning his party theme (robots) since January, but a couple of weeks before I started buying supplies for it I gave him other options just to make sure he still wanted a robot party. He still chose the robot party, until a week before his birthday when he wanted a dog party. :( He still had a robot party though, just because I bought everything on sale and couldn't return anything, and he still had a blast at his party. Here's some of the decor.

Elijah was so tired for some reason. While I was setting up, he kept asking to take a nap (which is unheard of) and he even got a blanket and started to lay down on the couch, but as soon as his friends arrived, he perked right up and started jumping on everything. It was so cute, because I tried to prep him to welcome everyone to his party and instead he would wish everyone a Happy Birthday.

The kids took turns playing with the robot cutout (note to self: make it heavier so they can't pick it up)

We enjoyed our robot lunch:

(The "Fuel" was chocolate milk and the plates and cups were sent with the kids as party favors)

And the kids had a little robot dance party. The kids were so cute to watch.

(They watched robot dance a lot and followed his dance instructions)

Then we did robot crafts.

And then it was time for cake and ice cream.

(The head is the cake)

( The inside of the cake)

(Chloe had ice cream and even tried to share her ice cream

with some of her friends)

And Elijah got to open his gifts.

Then he passed out his Thank You's. Which the kids opened right away and added to the fun and chaos. :) But Elijah had tons of fun! I asked him later if he had a good birthday party and he told me "no, because all of my friends left".

For dinner, we took Elijah to Chili's. He had a lot of fun there too, until they sang to him. He looked like he was going to cry until they handed him the ice cream.

One of my favorite quotes from Elijah on his birthday: I was telling him how much we love him and wanted him to be happy and Jesus and Heavenly Father loves him too. He said "Heavenly Father took me to the potty today, but he's gone now." (He's officially been potty trained since a week before his birthday!!! So super proud!)

Elijah's such a great kid and he had such a great day. Thank you everyone who helped us celebrate with him on his birthday!