Elliot's 5th Birthday

Elliot turned 5 today and celebrated with a "Wild Kratts" party at the Como Zoo! Wild Kratts is his favorite  PBS cartoon these days and teaches kids about animals and their different "creature powers". So the zoo was a great fit. Several of Elliot's fellow Kratt fans joined us for the fun...

the Wild Kratt line-up

the polar bears were HUGE 

mmmmm, pizza

like brother, like sister

cousin Mia. peace.

cousin Tate

Stella enjoying cake with grandpa's help

And we are compiling a list of things that Elliot can do now that he is 5. So far we have: doing the monkey bars - or practicing them more, zippering his own coat, and playing with a whole new realm of toys that are for Ages 5+...

Swimming x 2

Both kids are in swimming lessons this fall and loving it! They are like two little fish. Elliot is now learning how to swim without goggles, blow bubbles out his nose (instead of mouth), and can actually swim several feet on his own.

Stella is soooooo excited about swimming! She loves it more than binkies, puppies, kitties, cupcakes, cookies, and Dora. Swimming is the highlight of her week.

I am in the water with her during her lessons and can barely keep up!

The kids used to love taking showers at the end of the day, but now that they have new swimming skills to practice, we've gone back to taking baths :)