Charlie Turns 6, Chuck E Cheese-Style

Charlie's 6th birthday was December 22, 2009. We celebrated it that day in an impromtu birthday party at, you guessed it, Chuck E. Cheese's. We didn't have a lot of people show up, but sometimes that makes it all the more intimate and enjoyable.

As a sidenote, Jackson is seen in this picture. Two years ago he would've been hiding under the table crapping his pants to be this close to a costumed character. Notice, he still doesn't look at them, but he can be in the same vicinity as them without freaking out now.

We had a great time as a family. We hadn't been to a CEC since the kids were years younger so this was nice going with older kids.

One of our favorite guests, Josiah...

Slammin on some pizza...why is it that CEC has such good pizza???

This was definitely the funniest part of the evening...a ticket machine. The birthday boy got to go in and grab all the tickets he could for 30 seconds. Charlie was confident...until it started blowing hurricane-style wind in his face.

He ended up coming out with like 4 tickets in his hand, but luckily enough he had one yellow ticket stuck to his shirt. That yellow ticket was worth 100 tickets...whoo-whoo Bobby!

There are only 5 candles on the cake, but he really is 6. I told the girl twice but she kept forgetting so we moved on.

Charlie got a Webkinz fish from Aunt Jessa and Josiah. He really wanted a fish, so that made his day.

Mommy and Daddy got Charlie a Spongebob laptop which he seemed to like then, but hasn't played with much since.

The sweetest gesture of all, however, was Madison and Jackson's gift to Charlie. The two of them counted money and put it together to get Charlie this Spongebob Lego set. He was thrilled. More importantly, I felt so blessed to be the mom of two of the sweetest kids on this Earth. They didn't even flinch putting in nearly $15 each. To me, that is the true meaning of being a big brother or sister. They expected nothing in return, but just wanted Baby to have a great gift. As a sidenote, it's a good thing they didn't expect anything in return because Baby's money burns a whole in his pocket.

When we arrived home, Ma and Papaw Dave's gift was wrapped and waiting for Baby to open. It was a Star Wars Play-Doh set with extra tubs of Star Wars Play-Doh. From the picture, I think one can tell that he likes it...A LOT!