Both boys had friend parties this year.
Bennett celebrated with eight friends at Golfland,
and while we'd been a bit nervous about rain at the end of October,
the weather gods smiled upon us.
You've never seen such a fast game of miniature golf.
These boys wanted to win.
Quickly.
Gotta love the competitive spirit of eight-year-old boys :)
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| Hit me with your best shot! |
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| Not a lot of low stroke counts with this group |
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| But like I said, they were in a hurry so they didn't seem to mind |
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| This is about the only kind of hole-in-one that we saw that day |
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| We did see a lot of big swings, however |
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| You can't go wrong with boys and pizza |
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| Costco saves me yet again |
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| Arcade time |
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Tickets, tickets, always earning more tickets
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Captain Eli requested a party at his "own house,"
something he's never had.
(that's what happens when you're born a week before Christmas)
Eli = the winter baby
who should have been born in the summer.
His party requests:
a pinata
(he's been asking for one of these for years)
an ice cream cake
watermelon
a backyard scavenger hunt
outdoor painting
Um, yeah, those last two didn't happen.
But we did deliver on the others.
And once again, we lucked out with the weather:
no rain!
That meant the kids could not only hit the pinata outside,
but also have a grand time riding bikes and scooters while playing out back.
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| "Pig-nosed Luigi" as the kids called him |
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| I'm not sure why he needs to hold a soccer ball, but whatever |
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| Moving inside for presents |
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| A rare break in Eli's new toy concentration |
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| Aunt Andrea's famous Mint-chocolate Oreo Ice Cream Cake |
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| Nothing like ice cream cake in cold, wet December! |
