Okay, I'm sure this sounds crazy, but, we had a "triple birthday party" for the kids this week at Chuck E. Cheese. Shanndon turned 3 back in February, Christianna turned 2 in July and Ben turned 9 in October. Shanndon's birthday, we had a "family" thing and went to dinner with just us and the kids and our exchange students. Christianna was COMPLETELY ignored...we had jsut gotten home from Chicago and started moving on base and was trying to get the daycare up and running. She literally got a kiss and a "happy birthday baby girl" and that was it. Ben of course is 9 and KNOWS he gets a party!!! So we decided to have them all together! We had it at Chuck E. Cheese. It was informal. Each kid (25 friends) got 10 game tokens, we had snacks and drinks and cake. That's it. Simple, fun, memorable. The kids had a blast!!!! I was pretty suprised to hear a lot of the adults and kids had either never been to Chuck E. Cheese, or it had been years and years since they'd gone, so it seemed to be a hit for all...relaxing, fun, "new". Christianna picked out an Elmo "cupcake" cake. Shanndon picked out a chocolate cake with orange, blue and green squiggles, and Ben picked out a chocolate cake with Green mostly and blue and green flowers. They had such fun. Christianna and Rae literally just ran rampant. Ben and Shanndon had a blast with friends. They got wonderful presents! Baby dolls, playdoh, stuffed puppies, money, candy, legos, magic tricks, giant pencils, bionicles, star wars figures, a giant batmobile, beautiful handmade cards, and so much more! I gave them our presents when we got home. Gross out doodle Monster, Kinex sets, Littlest Pet Shop, and "Fairy" Barbies. I am so glad we did this. It was a Thursday, totally uncrowded! One friend Lauryn, is completely terrified of anything costume, so they bribed her with a billion tokens to get her from under a table and to quit crying (so we all got more then our money's worth), then they gave away tons and tons of free tickets too!!!!! I was really feeling guilty for neglecting Christianna this year! Now, to get around to uploading the pics!!!! LOL
