Kurtis' Birthday Party

Yesterday, we had Kurtis' Birthday party. Due to the fact that our place is small, we went to the local bowling alley and had the party there (did not hurt that Jeff spends every Wednesday there in the winter for his bowling league).

The kids each got to bowl one game. I think the highest score was around 60 but they all had fun which is the most important thing. Two of Kurtis' friends from the old babysitter (Theresa) were able to come out to spend some time with Kurtis - he really misses those two (Ryan & Jacob).
Steve & Anny brought Zoltan and Hannah. Hannah loves to cozy up to Joey...

Once all the kids were done bowling, it was time for cake & ice cream. Kurtis decided that he wanted a cake & he wanted to help make it - one of his current lifes ambitions is to be a chef. Here is a picture of the cake that we made together.

You might be wondering what is on the cake. These are Kurtis designs and requests. The two things that look like ghosts are really Backyardigan characters (Tyrone & Uniqua in the "Tale of the Mighty Knights"). You can see that they have shields next to them. I did learn something - if you are going to write on the icing - wait for it to harden some before doing it.



Next it was time for gifts. Kurtis actually walked in on me wrapping his presents yesterday and he thought he was getting a bunk bed but this is what he actually received:

For the budding artist...it is actually two sided, one side is a chaulk board, the other is a dry erase board. Now we just need to get him supplies. Kurtis was upset because he thought that we did not get him what he really wanted - a SpeedRacer hotwheels track set (but I did get it for him, along with some more cars to drive on it). He got Ben 10 figures, Star Wars figures, a baseball glove, and many other great boy toys. He also got a subscription to "ZooBooks" from Mom & Bob in which the first edition came last week.

Kurtis also got a lot of Birthday money that he is now itching to spend. He asked me today if he had to give the money to the cashier at the store. I told him yes - otherwise that is stealling.

Anyway, thanks to all who were able to make it to the party. See you again soon.