Elisha is 6!

My first born is 6.  And I turn 30 this coming year.  And I'm feelin old yall!  

A few weeks ago we had a little party at a local swimming pool for this big boy.  And his dad gave him a pocket knife.  A pocket knife?!  Well, actually his Poppa sent it to him.  They sent it through fed-ex and it arrived on his birthday.  It was to get here in the morning but the truck broke down on the way.  Thankfully it arrived not long after we got home from the party.  Elisha had been asking for weeks, maybe months, for a pocket knife.  He saw his dad had one and he thought he was ready to be a big boy.  So this was a pretty big deal.  My first response was heck no.  As time went on, I was convinced.  Bud actually googled it and found other moms blogging about their six year olds getting a pocket knife on their birthday.  Really?!  Didn't know this was a thing for some but apparently so.  So it's been a good father/son bonding time in learning how to be responsible with a pocket knife.  He has a place he puts it when he isn't using it and has learned a few rules and why they're so important.  Here's my big boy in his new spiderman helmet and "cool" shoes he's wanted for a year. 

I've always made their cakes and find the challenge fun here to have to get creative.  Elisha had in his mind how he wanted the cake and thankfully it was doable.  He wanted lego candles (that we brought from the states) with spiderman lego dude, blue writing and green sprinkles.  He wanted red too but I was out of red.  And for the inside to be blue and green.  

We didn't come prepared with plates and forks so we used our hands.  And Claire happily dug in. 

Last year I started asking the kids questions on their birthday.  Here's from last year:  http://huffmansinkenya.blogspot.com/2012/12/happy-5th-birthday-to-elisha_7.html1.

And here is this year...

What is your favorite color?  Red and Blue

2.  What is your favorite toy?  My sword and pocket knife
3.  What is your favorite fruit?  Mango
4.  What is your favorite tv show?  Avengers
5.  What is your favorite movie?  Transformers
6.  What is your favorite thing to wear? My Iron Man shirt
7.  What is your favorite animal?  a scorpion and snake
8.  What is your favorite song?  "My God's not dead, he's surely alive, he's livin on the inside roarin like a lion"  (not sure the name of that song)
9.  What is your favorite book?  Robot book
10.  Who is your best friend?  Franco, Tye and Sophie
11.  What is your favorite snack?  gum
12.  What is your favorite drink?  Coke
13.  What is your favorite breakfast?  pancakes
14.  What is your favorite lunch?  samosa (shaped like a triangle, like a egg roll, has meat or vegetables in it)
15.  What is your favorite dinner?  Monster food (kale or sukumawiki) and Ugali 
16.  What is your favorite game?  Mario brothers
17.  What is your favorite thing to play outside?  wrestling 
18.  What is your favorite holiday? winter, i like when it snows
19.  What do you sleep with at night?  Bevo (stuffed longhorn animal)
20.  What do you want to be when you grow up?  "I dont know, maybe a ninja or a police, or a police that is a ninja.  Or maybe I like England and Japan and could go there to do something"

Oh this kid.  He makes our days brighter and fun.  

Thanks for those that celebrated with us and made his day so special!