Eli's Actual Birthday Day

We had a very busy day on Eli's actual birthday, April 30th.  Johnny started the tradition of boy's birthday McDonald's breakfast with him a couple of years ago.  So he started his day with his daddy.

Next, I took the kids to the Dallas World Aquarium for the afternoon.  It was a nice day aside from the TEN school buses in the parking lot.   I wasn't even thinking about TAKS being over and teachers wanting to get out of the classroom for the day for a nice break.  I guess my mind is no longer on school time, YIPPPPEEE!!  Anyway, we had a membership at one time because Eli loves it so much.  His favorite part is the shark tunnel you walk through.  I wasn't able to get too many pictures because of the herds and herds of school kids everywhere you turned.  He still had a great time despite the massive number of people that were there =)

On our way out of downtown, I was talking to Johnny on the phone and took a wrong turn.  I was on an unfamiliar street and trying to make my way back to the highway when I saw a waterfall and giant sculpture of a heard of longhorns crossing a river.  We parked and walked around it for a few minutes.

To end Eli's birthday celebration, we took him out on a catamaran on the lake and to dinner at Gloria's.  He has seen the sailboat out several times and asked about going on it.  The cruise was about an hour and a half long and we got to see the sunset.  There was a group on board for some sort of fundraiser and when they found out it was Eli's birthday, they had everyone on board sing him Happy Birthday.  He also got to steer the boat.  We had a great time.

 

By the time we made it to Gloria's and got a table, it was close to 9:30.  After ordering, Eli asked Johnny if he could sit in his lap until his food came.  I think he was awake for 3 minutes after that.  Johnny ate his dinner with Eli sound asleep in his lap.  We had told the waiter that it was his birthday, so he brought him a slice of tres leches cake in a to-go box.  Johnny carried him to the car and he didn't wake up until we got home.  Then he was hungry, so he ate his entire pupusa and 2 bites of cake.  It was a long, but fun day.  I still cannot believe that my baby is 4 years old!