Woody started off Elijah's birthday by walking seven miles. I got up and got busy getting ready for company. When I was downstairs, I heard a rustling in our garage and looked out and found the birthday boy and his 10-year-old brother. They were getting ready to go on a bike ride. Graham was hooking up their bike trailer to his bike. Then Joy and Abigail joined them on their bikes. Elijah settled into the bike trailer and put his helmet on and they were off for a bike ride. This bike ride was to get Elijah out of the house while his parents got his cake ready...a dirt cake...presented in one of Elijah's favorite dump trucks (there is plastic wrap between the dirt cake and the truck!). This dirt cake was complete with worms throughout! We got all the food ready to take over to Nathan and Kathy's. A little before time to eat Melany, Wade, Erin and Alex arrived. Kathy's parents are here from south Georgia, too...so quite a party! As Woody, Alex, Wade and I brought over food, Kathy got it all arranged buffet style on their kitchen counter. Then we went through and filled our plates. After the meal, we all had some dirt cake...very yummy...devils food cake broken up and stirred into chocolate pudding...and, of course, gummy worms! After the cake came the presents. Boy! Elijah can open presents fast and furiously! The toys were played with for a bit and then the children changed into bathing suits and headed out to play with the new water toy sprinkler that Aunt Melany, Uncle Wade, Erin and Alex gave. Elijah did a lot of "lawn mowing" with his new bubble mower that they gave him, too. Cool fun on a hot day. We visited for a while until the children came in to play "Pin the Tires on the Dump Truck!" Erin made her way back to our house first and then Goosey. The two of them went to the library...so Erin has a supply of books and movies to keep her occupied for a little while. Melany, Wade, Alex, Graham and I then headed to our house. Graham wanted to show them his Hex Bug stuff and then he went off to play a computer game with Erin in her room. Abigail joined them to play the game too. Graham stayed till our supper time. We had left over barbecue (I see that in our future for a while...quite a few leftovers from our birthday feast!). So we have had a very full day...both from activities and food! Erin is now ensconced in her room. Before I came in to blog, she had started to read out loud a Sherlock Holmes mystery using her British accent! It should be an interesting week...one never knows what Erin will come up with! Happy Birthday to our sweet Elijah!
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