Elijah's 7!

For his seventh birthday, Elijah wanted a pirate ship theme.

The boys and Phoebe worked hard on party decorations -- making a mural, decorating sails to put in the sandwiches, creating a row boat.

"The Defense" -- he didn't think it was big enough to give it a
grander name like "Attacker" or "Defender."

The birthday party started at the park. Dustin created a treasure map to lead them back to our house to find buried treasure.

Then we had lunch, run around the yard with swords time, cake, and presents. The birthday boy was quite pleased!

In the afternoon, he played with cousins and new presents. Dinner as requested was rice noodles with plum sauce and hoisin sauce, grapes, and salad, and celebrated with Grandpa & Grandma Fisher, Uncle John, and Aunt Margie.

His favorite present was the final $7 he needed to buy the Lego pirate ship that he has been patiently safely up his allowance for.

At 7:
--favorite topic is history, especially early American history and pirates, but he likes all history
--plays Legos all day long
--also likes biking, building with any kind of materials, listening to books, playing games (chess, checkers, and Carcasonne)
--loves to draw ships
--best buddies with his brother Josiah
--gentle big brother to Claire and Samuel
--is a good student and especially likes studying with friends at co-op
--likes travelling; when looking at a US map recently, he requested to go north and to the middle of the US, since he hasn't been to many of those states
--likes fruit, raw veggies, nuts, and plain carbs