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."
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| In the Driver's Seat |
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Welcome to the Land of Chima! |
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| Birthday Boy! |
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| Snack Table, complete with a hanging Chi |
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| 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.
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| Chi Ball |
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| 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.
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| Little Bunny Foo-Foo |
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| A turtle |
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| Slimy Tree Frog |
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Where's he Hound for this Fox?
He almost got loose in our yard and the kids squealed in glee. |
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| Elias was brave and held the Milk Snake |
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| But not the hissing cockroach... |
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| Will was brave! |
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| Phew! Does someone smell a skunk? |
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| Elias loved holding the baby chick! |
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.
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| 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...
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| A couple of Wookies... |
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| Master Yoda... |
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| And of course Elias' favorite Darth Vader |
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| We even ran into our BFF Monkey who LOVES Star Wars! |
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| Light Saber Action |
The weekend was rounded out with a quick trip to the zoo and some Cultured Swirl frozen yogart. All around successful we would say!
