Eli's 1st Birthday Party

Here's the birthday boy with Mommy & Daddy the morning of his party . . .

We were a little nervous because it was so overcast but fortunately, it wound up being a
HOT, SUNNY, BEAUTIFUL day

Alli even let him try out her bike before the guests arrived . . .

He thought that was pretty fun!

We had fun decorating the beach with lots of 1s :)

For party favors (which I typically detest!) we decided to fill beach pails with water balloons

we figured it would be be great for the kids to play with on the beach

they were a hit!

It was still a little overcast when everyone arrived but the kids loved the beach

and before we knew it, the sun was out!!!

The kids all had a blast playing on the beach, swimming, eating, and running around

Alli "helped" Eli open his presents and even tried modeling some of them for him :)

You can see that Eli was just so excited ;-)

We gave him his second star cake after dinner and while he had fun smashing, I don't think he was that into it

All in all, the Eli's 1st birthday party was a huge success!

The birthday boy seemed to have fun playing and Alli decided to come out of her shell at the party ~ WOW!