Joey's 10th Birthday

Hard to believe that Joey is 10 years old already! Since he was finally reaching "double digits" we thought he'd like to have a special party. But what Joey said he really wanted was to go to the Science Center with a friend and then have a family birthday party & dinner later. Sounds good to me! I love that he wanted to keep things simple.

So, we began the birthday extravaganza with a trip to the Science Center. Joey invited his friend J to come along with him.
While the boys went off to do their own thing, Kristin had lots of fun showing me around the Science Center. Here she shows how light and shadow work together. Fancy!
And here Kristin shows off the "bowl of clouds." it was a big circular disc that had a tube in the center that piped in water vapor. Soon the "bowl" would fill with "clouds." It was fun to swirl the vapor around with our hands. But what Kristin liked to do best was to blow the vapor into my face, pretending like it was smoke. After our trip to the Science Center we had lunch at a place called The Studio Diner, which is a restaurant built on the lot of a local TV Production company. The food is great and the kids love it there.

Going to the Science Center was on Saturday, and then Sunday (Joey's actual birthday) we had the family party at our house. We had Mexican food for dinner. Tacos, burritos, enchiladas, Spanish rice, refried beans. Delicious! And since Joey is obsessed with Pac Man lately, he asked for a Pac Man birthday cake. I have to say, of all the designs he could have asked for, this one was pretty simple! We made a chocolate layer cake with homemade yellow buttercream frosting - then we just cut a slice out for Pac Man's mouth. Voila!

Joey got lots of great presents as well - including a really cool marble run that was galaxy themed. And we got the Michael Jackson Experience game for the Wii. Joey has been perfecting his moonwalk ever since!

Happy, happy birthday, Joseph Alexander! Now, maybe stop growing up so fast, ok?