Eliot is 7!!

Eliot has been looking forward to his birthday for some time now. His birthday landed on a Saturday this year so as a treat to him we stuck around the house where he could have the day to play and imagine with Peter. He loved it.

For his birthday dinner Eliot requested tacos and a lemon meringue cake. He still loves sushi (still pronounces is "shushi") and will gobble down just about anything you put in front of him.

This was taken at a dinner out that we had when Spencer was in town at the end of February. It was an outing to celebrate what a good job Eliot and Peter had been doing with following directions and cooperating. Just before I took the picture I asked Eliot how he was doing. He gave me the thumbs up and said "good"--which accounts for the funny half-smile.

The restaurant included a small arcade where most of the games cost 25-50 cents. Each boy was given six dollars to play with. Both boys left with more rubber balls then they know what to do with. Here Eliot is trying his skills at the pinball machine. Dad was on hand to coach and his cheek is filled with a gobstopper.

While Spencer was in town he took Eliot to a Bucks game. It was Eliot's first pro basketball game and he had a great time hanging out with Dad and staying up way past his bed time. From what I understand the giant floating bucks blimp was a major highlight.

Eliot loves to be involved in any handy work around the house. Recently the toilet seat in the half-bath needed changing and Eliot got to help Grandad switch it out. Since then he has asked me several times when the seat in the full bathroom needs to be changed.

Eliot has a thriving imagination and he and Peter will lose themselves in imaginary games in which they act out stories from TV shows or books, or come up with their own. Melting ice in the Regner Park parking lot became a water slide for sticks.

This past week they had crazy hair day at school and Eliot was very pleased to be sporting his school colors on top of his head. He's a fun, thoughtful little guy and we love him so much!