Wednesday, January 25, 2012

5th Birthday Celebration #2

On Zach's actual birthday, we headed to the Mall of America so he could ride the rides, a favorite activity of his. We met our friends Wendy, Chris, and Vincent so Zach could ride along with a buddy.

^The Wonder Pets ride looks awful - lifts them up and then drops them, bouncing them along the way down. Zach loves it, and thinks he's tough when he doesn't hang on. The bumper cars are always a favorite, of course, there's nothing our boy likes more than crashing into things.


^This little roller coaster is quite fun, even more so if you put your arms in the air! And Charlie got to go on his first ride, driving the trucks. It doesn't show in this picture, but he LOVED it.

In the afternoon Scott took Zach swimming, and then some friends came over for a little party (made even smaller when illness prevented 5 of our guests from attending!). Adam and Sylvia and the Rose family made it for dinner, cake, and some games.



^ Cake #2 was a cookie-dough blizzard cake, Zach's favorite treat. Charlie was also a fan (so was Sylvia, although the look on her face doesn't show it.)




We just played one game; the kids seemed hyped up enough on sugar and were having fun running around as they always do. What is this game we played, you ask? I have no idea what to call it, but you stuff a bunch of prizes inside a kleenex box, tie it to the kids' waists, and have them try to shake everything out. It's quite amusing, especially when Rosie has to give it a try to get all the treasures to come out.

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