Benjamin celebrated his 9th birthday today with a video game party.
In the past, I have had a lot to do with little Benny's birthday parties. I've spent hours planning, then making invitations, decorations, food, and even costumes . . . then of course I've run the games and overseen all of the festivities.
Today, though, I didn't have much to do.
Jason reserved a "man cave" at a local video game store--four big-screen TVs with game consoles and a large selection of games to play.
Ben requested pizza, which Jason pre-ordered.
The girls and I dropped off Jason and Ben, then came home to wait until it was time to pick up the pizza and come with the ice cream (the last hour of the party).
I did, however, make the cake, with Ben's help :)
My sister Tina came with her children, too, for the last hour--I think it needed some girls! They immediately broke out Just Dance and really got the party going :)
And Ben came home with a big pile of his favorite thing: Skylanders Giants (he'd just got the game for his birthday this morning!).
So--even though it hurts a little to acknowledge this--a birthday party can be a success without a lot of fussing performed by the child's mother.
Who knew?
(Although I guess we wouldn't have had any pictures if I hadn't been there for at least some of the time!)
2 comments:
The cake looks awesome!! Tyson was also very impressed with all the skylanders:) I'm glad it turned out...even if it wasn't your kind of party:)
The cake did look very good! I'm glad that Ben had a fun time with his friends, even though Jason was the "parent" and not you. At least you have 2 girls with birthday parties every year, I'm guessing that you will be planning these.
Post a Comment