Party at 6

Elliott woke up to his room filled with balloons on his birthday. He brought them all downstairs and ate hootenannies for breakfast. He was so excited to take his class a special toy for his special day. But he was even more excited about his party later that day.

He wanted a Wolverine Party. Elliott is obsessed with his huge claws and has been for a while. (Watch for his obsession at Halloween....)
Taking it old school and playing musical chairs- well, musical Hullabaloo spots. The kids had fun with it.
E isn't a huge fan of cake, so we made a Wolverine ice cream cake. Cookie dough ice cream inside and colored cool whip on top. It was a hit.
Love the laid back style blowing the candles out. Actually- right after we lit them, a little boy at the party lost his tooth and we had to search for it in the carpet. So the candles melted to nothing and he had to blow them out before they were gone...

The party

I just love how the kids (esp. Ollie) are basically on top of him while he opened presents.
Wearing his Wolverine shirt and birthday sticker from school. He told me his teacher kept calling him "the birthday boy" and let him write an "M" on the chalkboard. He felt really special. We had dinner at Outback- per Elliott's request. He loves their mac and cheese. Fun day.

Oh yeah- we thought a mitt would be a good present for E since he loves baseball. He's really good at hitting and throwing. So the night before, I waited in the car while Adam got the mitt. He said he couldn't help buying the coolest (meaning most expensive) one in there! (I would have spent $10 if they had that option.) We were planning on something else, but decided that was enough.