Mexico Part 52: Elijah's Fourth Birthday

My sweet kid Elijah turned four on May 2nd.  I can't even believe it.  He has grown up so much!

He had a family birthday on his actual day and a friend party the next day.  I wanted to make him what he wanted for dinner on his actual day and he said he wanted cake.  So knowing him pretty well, we made him french toast, eggs and watermelon.  Three of his favorite things.  His friend birthday was with our good friends that live here in our neighborhood.  Nothing too complicated.  I got WAY too much food, and the kids had fun.  What else is new?

Elijah, 

You have made such growth this past year.  Your language has thankfully picked up to the point where I can say you communicate.  Whew!  You understand English and Spanish beautifully but choose to speak English or at times a combination of the two.  You have a pretty pronounced lisp that is endearing.  You go to preschool twice a week and playgroup the other two days.  You are learning to interact with your buddies and defend yourself as well.  You are as kind as can be and wouldn't hurt a fly.

You LOVE sugar.  I wish you didn't but you have quite the sweet tooth.  Cookies, cake, candies, chocolate, you name it, you love it.  But when it comes to real food you can be a picky eater at times.  You don't seem to like soups and stews and tend to enjoy the drier American food.  Breakfast is always your best meal of the day.

You have an amazing imagination.  You can play for hours by yourself and I always love to buy you toys because I know you will enjoy them and actually use them.  You are a builder.  You love blocks and legos.  You can construct cars, robots, rockets, airplanes, with little to no effort.  You also love super heroes.  

You are learning slowly to hold a pencil and trace over letters.  You can't seem to decide which hand you write/color with.  You are actually equally good in both.  You can make stick people with a flat smile.  And are learning to have the control to stay within lines.  You are really good at using scissors too.  However, your perfectionism gets in the way of you executing your ideas sometimes.  

You love t.v.  We have to limit you because you get lost in it.  Some of your favorites are the "lego movie," Maker, maker, (Mr. Maker) and benius an berb (Phineas and Ferb).  But you also like to listen to stories as well.

We love you so much!  You are pretty easy going and it makes having you a joy.