Elliott's 8th Birthday

 Elliott's 8th Birthday fell on Thanksgiving Day this year. My little turkey baby. Emma and Elliott actually spent the night at Grandma and Grandpa Nelson's house on Wednesday night. They ended up getting some Christmas Pajamas, a Christmas pillow and blanket, and they went to a movie. They were not suffering. 

On Thanksgiving (also Elliott's birthday) we all went to Brookings to celebrate at Dennis and Jenny's house. We all had a great day playing games, visiting, and eating wonderful food. Elliott also got to celebrate his birthday of course. I bought him a little birthday cake, and we all sang Happy Birthday and then Elliott opened his gifts from Grandma and Grandpa Nelson and Samantha and Jeff. Elliott got an ice fishing rod, and some caps, a lego set, and Christmas charades. 

We spent all day doing all the festive things, and then we finally went home around 6:00pm (it felt like 10:00pm). Once we were home, we let Elliott open up his gifts from all of us. Emma got Elliott a Pokemon pack and a Jurassic World Dinosaur egg. Then, John and I got Elliott a Lego Advent Calendar, a Mega Blitz Nerf Gun, and some Roblox figures. That little boy was in heaven. He is totally into Nerf Guns and Mini Figs right now, so he was peak happiness. We watched the Vikings game, and then happily went to bed. 

I can hardly believe that Elliott is 8 years old. He's my baby, but he's becoming such a little man. He is starting to become more independent, and continues to impress me. 

Elliott's favorite things right now are:

-Legos, Mini-Figs, playing Roblox on his Ipad, Nerf Gun Wars, telling long stories, watching Jurassic Park movies, reading Dog Man or Magic TreeHouse, and playing games. Elliott really loves anything where someone will play with him and spend some time with him. He also is starting to enjoy sleepovers and more time with friends. 

Elliott's Dislikes:

-Elliott can be very sensitive at times. Like, sometimes his default is to cry when things don't go his way. And, when other kids are picking on him, he gets really worked up. He hasn't quite learned how to ignore other kids or let things not bother him. Emma really knows how to push his buttons, and she does it quite often, because it's so easy. He also can be bossy, and want things to go exactly his way, or else he doesn't want to play with you. I am working on all these things with him, but it's a struggle sometime. 

Overall, things are going great with Elliott. We are trying to work on him with his attitude and how he reacts to things. He is doing great in school. Things seem to come pretty easy to Elliott in school, and as ling as he is not rushing and he puts in some effort, he does really well. 

We love our little boy! I keep asking him to stop growing and getting older, but he never takes me up on it. I can't wait to see what this next year brings for him!!

New Christmas Jammies 

Movie Time 

Birthday Boy