Elliott celebrated her 5th birthday on February 25th. This one was a tough one for me. I don't know why 5 just seems big. She is big. But she's awesome.
A few days before her birthday, we took her to the park to play. We knew Sean would be going with the Weber's Cokesbury team to the island on the actual day of her birthday, so we got a jump start on the celebrating.
I have to confess I was bummed about having her birthday here for some reason. I don't know why - this is one of four we celebrated down here. But for a few months she'd been asking me what kind of theme she would have for her birthday party and talking about celebrating with her friends - it just made me sad that we weren't going to be able to do any of that for her. God knew my heart, though, and made her birthday just an INCREDIBLE day.
On her actual bday, while the boys were at the island, we made a crown fit for a princess out of some construction paper.
And we baked a cake. Elliott pretty much made the whole thing by herself!
Then we went with the team to Masaya for lunch and to shop in the market. In the picture below is Elliott's new BFF. Her name is Irene, but Elliott just called her Grandma. She LOVED her. She will be seeing her again when we get back to the states. Grandma was so sweet - she bought Elliott a little dress at the market! Another member of the team, Jenny Bushkell, bought Elliott an adorable hair barrette. And the whole team sang happy birthday to her and just made a big deal out of her day. It was so special.
After the market, we went on a boat tour of the islands in Lake Nicaragua. One is called monkey island, for obvious reasons!
Then, we capped off the evening with birthday cake! Complete with princess plates and napkins, and a FaceTime happy birthday serenade. (In the picture below, she's wearing the dress that "Grandma" bought her and the hair clip from Jenny.) Thank you, God, for such a special day!
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