birthday recap

The birthday went well, he said it was his best ever and that was with the change of plans. (he however did not know what the other plan was)

We opened presents at 9:30. He received 4 new pj's (2 mom, 2 grandma), a TRU gc, an ipod shuffle, a video game for his daddy's PSP. (We are not getting him his own, he can however play Chris's) , a couple magazines and 7$. We headed out to the bowling alley at 11:30. We played 2 games-6 people in a lane. Took the 2 hours we paid for. (family special, 2 hours, up to 6 people, 6 shoe rentals, pitcher of soda, tub of popcorn for 38$) We had the bumpers up for Grif. I would like to say I only hit the bumper once. My 2nd game was a 138. I however don't know what game #1 was, the kids hit reset before I saw the score. Grandma Diane and Papa Bob joined us. BTW, Cameron is a terrible bowler. I am sure being left handed and no left hand balls were to be found had nothing to do with it. :) Riley is a very powerful bowler, no control what so ever but he has a terrific spin. Grif scored an 87 in the second game. He hit a strike 2x's and a few spares. He got 2 transformers and a dry erase board from G&G.

We took Cameron home, switched to 1 car. Then headed to Long John Silver's for his birthday lunch. Afterwards was Toys R Us. The only one they have in southern FL is in Fort Lauderdale. It is a bit of a trek but since it is a birthday treat I didn't mind. Of course the full size Krispy Kremes is down there too. They have a rinky dink one closer but they don't taste the same. Got a dozen fresh donuts. Toys R Us took us a while. They have various toys on sale for buy 2 get one free. We debated the legos for forever. They didn't have a great selection of things that were similar in price. Then we found out Nitendo's sale was still buy 2 get one free. I was thinking, great I can put one or 2 away for Xmas. Um, yeah right, we needed Grif's knowledge on what games he had, what he liked etc. No surprise there and Chris and Ri didn't want to wait til Xmas to play them. Thankfully I only had to put out 30$ and we got 95$ worth of video games.

Afterwards we walked around Ft Lauderdale by the Sea and looked thru the beach shops. We got a Florida treasure map. Chris LOVES old maps and this one has the approx location where old ships have gone down. I picked him up his holiday ornament for the year as well. We walked out the pier there. It was very over cast and drizzling but that did not stop the fishing. You should have seen this Vietnamese child and his dad. They caught 30 fish within 10 minutes. I am not exaggerating. Artificial lures as well. We asked them how and they told us in their broken English. We were in awe. The fish were small, but they are good pan fried or as bait for bigger fish.

We came home and then remembered we needed something from Walmart. Cam and Ri watched Grif and Jack and we headed up to Walmart. Chris drove as I was bushed and he of course set off my car alarm. I now know what it sounds like and don't have to run to the parking lot every time I hear a car alarm. lol We played video games for a while and sent the kids to bed. Right as I was to fall asleep Cameron's ear ripped a bit more and we headed to the ER. (It had been a record since I had been there) They wouldn't touch it, they are having us see a surgeon today. I am waiting for the office to open now to get an appt.