Our baby turned five. Five!
That's one whole hand of fingers.
That's kindergarten.
That's the official goodbye to babyhood and hello to childhood.
It's true what they say; the days are long but the years are short.
As you can tell, I am having all the feelings about this.
But enough about that! We celebrated the occasion with a dinosaur party because Girlfriend has never met a dinosaur she didn't love (and, interestingly, she has also never met one she couldn't pronounce its name...she is freakishly good at dinosaur names).
It was really fun. The main event was canvas painting. All the kiddos got a canvas. My mom's friend, Bev, instructed them all in painting their own dinosaur. She had cut out dinosaur shapes out of canvas paper and stuck one on each canvas then the kids painted around it. Then they removed the canvas and painted inside the dinosaur-shaped white space, so it was kind of like coloring in the lines, but with paint!
The other highlight, in my opinion, was the cake! Look at this thing!
And it was even rainbow on the inside!
But the best part was all the friends who came out to celebrate.
Oh, and of course no Elliot birthday would be complete without a bouncy house. Erik and I are kind of wondering if she is ever going to grow out of these things.
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| From this face, I would guess not. |
One of the party favors was dino tattoos. After the party, Ells was really excited to show me she had put one on herself.
The party aftermath...
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| Note the abandoned juice box. Clearly, it was a rager. |
Happy Birthday, Sweet Girl.
