Happy Birthday Elijah!



This week was an important one in the life of The Wright Family. Elijah hit the big "5"!

He went to bed the night before full of excitement and anticipation. Daddy woke him the following morning with a gentle chorus of "Happy Birthday to you". He smiled, woke and sat up - in that order. "It's my birthday!!!" he said, through a huge smile. The smile stayed there more or less all day.

Later, when asked how it felt to be 5 Elijah replied, "It's Brilliant!!". He loved opening his cards and presents - every moment was savoured and enjoyed. He was so proud to take his mother's home made cup cakes into his class that day - they did go down a storm. He loved that his class sang "Happy Birthday" to him. He was so excited when Daddy met him from school with his new bike - which he then rode around Hayes Grove close (resisting the first few attempts to bring him in - "Come on in Number 1, your time is up!!").

He thoroughly enjoyed going with Mummy to Frantik Kids Club at the Army - and absolutely loved coming back home via MacDonalds with a take away birthday meal to share with daddy and Ezz (who has been at home with chicken pox!).

All in all, a very successful and enjoyable day! More to come - with 2 birthday parties coming up. One, a shared one for his friends with Ezzie (whose 4th birthday is in a couple of weeks). The other is the week after when The Wright Family get together to celebrate Elijah's 5th. Ezra's 4th, Simon's dad's (Bampa) 70th and baby cousin Zechariah's 1st. Let's hope we are all pox free by then!

Elijah's birthday also gave his mum and dad fresh opportunity to reflect and give thanks for this beautiful gift from God. And in a week when the news has been dominated by the horrific news from Haiti, which puts so much of life's annoyances and niggles into perspective, we are grateful and we are blessed. And we give thanks and all the glory to our Heavenly Father.

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