Birthday Celebration

For Caleb's birthday, we decided to forgo the typical party and enjoy a different kind of fun at Dave and Busters with two friends. He chose to ask Owen and Sara, so Amy kept Abby for us (Dave and Busters really isn't a place for a three year old!). We had a lot of fun!

The kids each got a certain number of points, and they could spend them on whatever games they wanted. It worked out well, and everyone got to play just about everything they wanted!

The favorite game was Fruit Ninja, which we played on a big touch screen. Another fun one was a game where you shot at passing ships from your submarine.

The kids turned in their tickets and got prizes. Caleb and Sara picked a cup with a crazy straw and some candy, while Owen got a Redskins football.

After we were played out, we went to Johnny Rockets for dinner and got some yummy milkshakes!

The kids spent the night after taking turns jumping on our therapeutic trampoline for a few hours. :) Good times, good times. Happy birthday, Caleb Boy!

Comments

Mary Lou said…

Julie....
Happy, happy, happy birthday, Caleb!! Here's to many, many, many more!! ;-D
I just celebrated my birthday!! On Saturday!! I turned the "big 3-0".... ;-O
--Raelyn

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