A Barrel of Monkeys: May 2013

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Ladies and Gentlemen...Look Who's 4!

It's hard to believe that one minute you are holding and nursing a sweet baby and the next moment you are looking at a boy! How quickly the days pass...I feel like all we have done is blink.

The Annual Birthday Interview--
What is your name: Elias Flora (Fwowa--he has trouble with his L's still)
How old are you: Fwor! (4)
Favorite Color: Orange
Favorite Toy: Jaguar (Although he has been playing with Legos like a machine)
Favorite Fruit: Pancakes...Broccoli...(and after clarification/silliness correction) Oranges and apples

Favorite TV show: Chima and Green Lantern
Favorite thing to eat at lunch at school: Ham
Favorite thing to wear: My Laval shirt (wearing it proudly today)
Favorite Game: Chima (There is a game associated with the speedorz which include crashing into things and getting little chi-points)
Favorite Snack: Pretzles
Favorite Animal: Jaguars, because they can run fast! (The competitive nature in this kid is endless!)
Side Note: The Jaguar is the school mascot at his preschool with happens to be on IUPUI's campus.
Favorite song: ABC
Favorite Book: Chima
Best Friend: Will and Ms. Danielle
Favorite Cereal: Panda Food
Favorite thing to do outside: Play ball (By this, he is referring to the Chi-Ball. See birthday party post.)
Favorite Drink: Chocolate milk (of course! This kid drinks a ton of chocolate milk. He likes dark chocolate almond milk.)
Favorite thing to eat for breakfast: chocolate chip pancakes
What do you want to eat for dinner tonight: oatmeal (meaning dinosaur oatmeal, which is a treat due to high sugar and dye content in it.)
What do you want to be when you grow up: The Green Lantern (This is new, probably inspired by getting to watch the movie with Daddy yesterday. Generally he says he wants to be a runner...)

Stats:
Height: 41 inches (3 ft 4in)
Weight: 35 lbs
Personality: Independent, Silly, and Competitive!

A Memorial Weekend

Good morning fellow readers! We have had quite the busy weekend around here. We celebrated our not-so-little-anymore monkey's birthday! He's now all boy. Long gone are the days of a baby.

Last week, Daddy and Elias went to the track with his class to see some famous race cars. We live in the city with the Greatest Spectacle in Racing--The Indianapolis 500. Although Elias is not quite old enough to go to the race, he still got to experience "Race weekend."

In the Driver's Seat

Even one of his BFF's got in

What better way to start of the weekend but with a little "clean up"? We love going to our neighborhood Barber Shop to visit Sandy the Barber.

Mommy completed a successful Pinterest project and made Elias an outdoor chalkboard for his birthday present.

Self portrait

One of the highlights was Elias' birthday party. Elias loves Legos and especially The Legends of Chima--a new world/line of Legos released this year complete with animal tribes and racing speedorz.

Welcome to the Land of Chima!

Birthday Boy!

Snack Table, complete with a hanging Chi

Desserts and Drinks

Since we have recently figured out that Elias is sensitive to food dyes and additives, we were able to throw a dye-free party. The kids had fun with healthy snacks (all of Elias' favorite snack foods like popcorn, pretzels, chips, cheese crackers, M&M's, jelly beans, fruit) and even blue velvet chocolate cupcakes.

Chi Ball

How many boys can you fit inside and roll it?

We had very special guests to the party--Coyote Chris and his animals.

He even brought along a Chima animal.

Little Bunny Foo-Foo

A turtle

Slimy Tree Frog

Where's he Hound for this Fox?
He almost got loose in our yard and the kids squealed in glee.

Elias was brave and held the Milk Snake

But not the hissing cockroach...

Will was brave!

Phew! Does someone smell a skunk?

Elias loved holding the baby chick!

And Cromius the baby alligtor

We played "Pin the head on the Legoman," complete with Chima character Leonidas, Eris, and Cromius.

Took a few swings at a Lego Piñata that Elias and Mommy built.

In the end, it took Daddy to break out the toys and snacks

No party is complete without candles and cake...

...and of course presents!

Even little Emmett had a good time!

It was all around a great party!

After all the party excitement, the next day we decided to head to the Indiana State Museum during the race to catch a new and exciting exhibit that opened this weekend...