4th Birthday Mayhem

This is my child.

Not really, but it might as well have been. He begged/pleaded/offered up his favorite toys as a sacrifice for a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. Um, not my favorite place worst place ever. But, I agreed. It's his birthday after all.

So, we did it. I'm so glad. There is no way with finishing the floor reno, the Christmas stuff out, etc. that we would have been able to throw the party here at home. It was all good in the hood though. Apparently Chuck E. Cheese's is trying to do an image makeover. The party for 18 kids (all showed! YAY!) and 12+ adults was less than $200.

Here are the positives and negatives:

Negative:

-The party tables are kinda cramped together. It made it so hard to go between and take pictures

-It was kinda hard to get everything done and settled with having limited time and the kids wanting to play games instead.

-The horrific family from Greenville who decided that any restaurant =/= class. Ew.

Positives:

-My house didn't get messed up.

-The kids had a blast

-It was Caden's first birthday party at some place besides our house

-See the pictures for more examples of positives

**Caden asked for Cars invitations, Chuck E. Cheese party, with a Go, Diego Go! and Dora the Explorer cake, and wished for "lots of Cars and Batman stuff" for his birthday.












SIDENOTE: Check out my kid's shirt. Rest assured, he will know the meaning of this when he is old enough.