Elli Belly

Elli got some new clothes for her birthday that she LOVES!
Here she is in her "cowgirl" outfit...sporting braids, which is her favorite way to wear her hair. She just needs some cowboy boots and a hat!

This outfit was actually for Christmas. Grandma got the finishing touches put on it! She was so excited to wear it! : ) She and Adie match!

I caught her playing with her horses in the living room, they were going to take a nap she said. She just loves horses! And anything to do with them! She still thinks it would be perfectly ok to have one in the backyard!

♥Elli's 5th Birthday!!!

We celebrated Elliana's 5th Birthday by having a horse/unicorn themed party. Anyone who knows Elli knows she is a horse LOVER!!! Often she is found crawling around on all fours neigh-ing and proclaiming "I am Elli THE horse!" or as it has been lately "I am Elli THE unicorn-pegasus!" As a funny side note, she had gotten the princess hat she is wearing from the dollar store a month before her birthday, wanting to wear it for her party. It wasn't until we were looking at the pictures from her party the other day that she proclaimed "There I am with my unicorn horn on!" I asked her to clarify. She proceeded to tell me in no uncertain terms that it was NOT a princess hat she was wearing, but INDEED a unicorn horn! : )

Grandma and Papa Corbett found a pretty "horse" shirt for her.

And an American-girl type doll who is dressed as a flower girl! Elli is going to be a flower girl in her cousin, Dessarae's wedding in April!

She was SO excited to get her own bag of pink M&M's from Great Grandma Mueller! Unfortunately, our dog, Timber, got to them first! : (

Here she is posing with her prized possession! A Lipizzaner horse! All she talked about in the weeks before her birthday was getting" the white horse with a crown" that she saw at Target months before her birthday.

Here Elli is posing with her doll riding the prized horse while Alliyah checks them out!


We had extra-special guests...Great Grandma and Great Papa Jim were able to come! Here's Great Grandma holding Alliyah. : ) ♥

Blue and Gold Banquet

The annual Blue and Gold banquet was held Feb. 21st. Traditionally it is the time for the Weblos 2 to be honored as they cross the bridge from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts. All the other dens are honored too as they achieved their rank badges.

Since the boys are in different dens, we had to separate to eat. Frank and Elli sat with Zach's Bear den.

Kaity, Alliyah and I sat with Nathaniel's Tiger Den. Here Nathaniel is holding up one of the placemats Zach made. It has the meaning of the colors for Cub Scouts. "Blue stands for truth and spirituality, steadfast loyalty and the sky above. Gold stands for the warm sunlight, good cheer, and happiness."

Each den was recognized and each child individually recognized for their accomplishments. Nathaniel earned his Bobcat and Tiger badges, activity beads and an elective bead.

Zach earned his Bear badge. One of the sections they finished recently was on knife safety. His den leaders gave each of the boys in his den a really nice knife with an eagle on it!

Zach's School Project

Zach had a school project to do...a time line of his life from his 1st birthday to 3 years into the future! We had a lot of fun looking at the pictures of Zach and seeing how much he's grown! What blessing he is to the family.