While he is still a few years from being an official teenager, Eli is now officially a tenager. Today is his birthday, which means that Shelby and I haven't broken him in ten full years. At least not in any permanent ways, that we know of.
His birthday weekend was full of fun. On Friday night we went to watch playoff (Finals) AFL football at the MCG. Eli doesn't remember this, but when he was about 2 years old I used to watch AFL on ESPN3 during his naps, so one of the first "sports" things he learned how to do was make the AFL signal for a goal. One night, we were watching the World Series and there was a walk-off home run. The announcers were going crazy, so Eli started making the AFL 'Goal' symbol. Good times.
On Saturday, Tony from the residential college where we are staying organized a 13 km hike at the Mornington Peninsula. We all had a great time hiking. There are some breathtaking views of the water from the cliffs above.
Then yesterday we went to a friend's house for a barbecue and learned that their daughter also has a birthday today. They were very kind and shared the birthday good wishes (and their cake) with Eli too. So all in all, a great birthday weekend for Eli!
