Eli's 3rd Birthday Party

Nicholas' sweet friend, Eli, turned 3 and had a super fun birthday bash. His mama is my good friend, Laya. It was a firemen themed party and she did a wonderful job. We started the party w/ a tour of the Bentonville fire station. FYI, the Roger's FD won't bring their trucks out to your house, but the Bentonville FD will. Only problem, Laya doesn't live in Bentonville, thus the tour at the station. Let me tell you, that place was cush. I've only ever seen fire stations on TV, and none of them looked like this. They did a really nice job w/ the tour, you could tell they did it often. Nicholas really enjoyed it. After the tour around the living quarters, the kids got to climb on the fire trucks and ring the bell. Apparently not wanting one fireman to feel neglected, Scott peppered him with tons of questions. Most of them about meth labs and meth lab explosions. That guy looked pretty sure he'd be hearing about Scott on the local news soon.

After the tour, it was back to Eli's house for some pizza and cake. The kids all played outside, even though it was sizzling. After the cake came the pinata, and each kid took a turn. It was funny, when the pinata was cracked open (courtesy of Del) and all the candy came pouring out, Nicholas ran over there and picked up one piece of candy. That's it. Just one. We told him he could have some more, look at all the other kids grabbing candy. He came back with 3 pieces. He was very selective. It made me and Scott laugh. Nicholas had such a good time, he asked to go back to Eli's house the next day. Thanks for having us, Eli!