We all were excited for Logan’s eighth birthday.  Connor had personally looked for and paid for a present for Logan a week ago.  On Monday night, while Logan was out at basketball practice, Connor and I set up a little decoration for the birthday celebration. This year Logan asked to go to Chuck E Cheese, so yesterday Stuart picked the boys up early from summer camp and headed over to play.  I joined them as soon as I could after work and arrived just in time for the pizza.  The boys told me about the games they had played and we talked about the games we would play next.  This Chuck E Cheese had updated a lot since we were there at least a couple of years ago, and all the games looked fun and age appropriate.  We were off to play as soon as we finished eating.  Logan and I challenged each other with a snowboard game and next Connor challenged me with bowling.  We played different video games and many sport games.  Logan was hooked into the monkey barrel games; he finally got the golden monkey at last and earned 150 tickets.  The boys had a good time and surprisingly Stuart and I enjoyed playing a few games as well.  We finally used up all the tokens we purchased and the boys turned in all the tickets to trade for some toys.  We ended this 2 to 3 hours outing to head home for the second part of the celebration. 

    Logan was excited to open presents.  Logan has learned to be very appreciative, and was hugging us without prompting after each gift to thank us.  Connor was very pleased when Logan showed excitement toward his gift and he was happy to receive the thank you hug.  Logan was also pleasantly surprised with a big gift from grandma / grandpa, and cards/cash from Poi Poi and aunties/uncle.  Logan seemed a bit embarrassed when we sang the birthday song to him, then we all enjoyed the ice cream.  The boys were exhausted then after a day of basketball camp in the hot weather and hours of entertainment for Logan’s birthday.