Sunday, May 16, 2010

Ginormous bits of my weekend, vol 10b

Make sure you saw 10a to see the first part of the weekend! Before you roll your eyes about how.many.pictures (oh, the pictures!) I posted from this weekend, know that I fought for you. I fought my way through over 1000 photos and narrowed it down. Feel loved, cherished and honored in my lengthy posts.

This weekend was not only Russ' CD release party (This Moment by Fundamental Elements, not available on their website, amazon, and iTunes until Tuesdayish!) but it was also E-man's 4th birthday. We had a bigger gathering (albeit spontaneous) last year and have taken the 'every other year will just be Eliot +1' idea.

So, Saturday morning we picked up E's friend A. Here's the rundown of the following 5 hours of what I like to call Transportation Blitz 2010 : Starbucks, KW firehouse, Metrolink, Spiderman tattoos (What? he's his own transportation) lunch, Transportation museum, and ending with Lightening McQueen cupcakes (You win, Disney, you win. I caved.) Did I mention it rained all morning? No worries, it was a couple of 4 yr old boys, they love a good rainy field trip.






















The picture of success...

I stole another idea from Whittaker Woman for birthdays. We bought Eliot a few things, hung string (or crepe paper if that's all you could find) starting from his room to those few presents so that he has to follow the string to find his gifts. He was not.a.fan. when he woke up from his nap and walked out of his room into this web. As you can see, he got over it.






Birthday dinner was at our fav local restaurant, Amigo Joes, with the Amundsons!



Bloggees, meet Luis. He's one of E's best friends. They love each other. It's adorable.

We've spent SOOOO much time making sure E doesn't get into puddles (rain much, st. louis?) that Russ thought we should just let him embrace it.

The final moment of the birthday weekend! So far, being four is pretty awesome.

9 comments:

erin said...

Paleeze. That picture of Luis and E is too much for me! Great pics Katie!

Anonymous said...

looks like a fantabulous birthday weekend!!

michelle from six in the city said...

This post makes me want to be four!
What a PERFECT birthday for him!

amy said...

LOVE the picture of the boys in front of the train and it's raining on them!

looks like a great birthday!!!

sherilee said...

What a wonderful weekend for your boy! So sweet. And those little basketball slippers--I want a pair!!

Sharon said...

Love it, friend! Love every single pic of that little face! Especially puddle jumping! Sometimes you just have to embrace the puddles!

Michelle said...

Aww happy birthday to him! Love the train pictures. Spiderman tattoos are awesome. Puddles are the BEST! And congrats to your Husband on the cd release.

Dayna said...

Such a fun time! I loved all of the photos!

Kelly Tirman said...

So many GREAT pics!!! I love the one with him in the rain.