Carter's Birthday Celebration

We celebrated Carter's Birthday over two days. The night before his birthday we went to Lucille's Barbeque with Grammy and Grampy and Chris and Amanda. We had a delicious dinner and I made a really easy Strawberry Angel Food cake for him.

He was so excited to open presents from everyone. He got an ipod from Grampy, (it was left unclaimed in his classroom for a year so he decided to give it to Carter) He got some cute clothes and a Lego set from Grammy and Grampy. Aunt Amanda made him an adorable sock monkey (she's quite the crafty one).



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After Dinner Chris took Carter to buy a new bike. He wanted Carter to pick it out. It is a big bike and doesn't come with training wheels so Daddy's got some work to do! Sorry no pictures of the bike, I'll be sure to post when he rides it.

The next day (on his birthday) I made cupcakes and took them to his classroom to share with his friends. His teacher, Ms. Maloney had all the kids sing Happy Birthday and she put a crown on his head. (Doesn't every kid in Kindergarten get a crown on their birthday? I remember mine was made with glitter!)


(I was in such a rush I didn't have time to put make-up on.)
That evening Grandma Faye and Jake went with us to dinner at Chick-fil-a and then to one of Carter's favorite places, Dave and Busters.
It was pretty noisy and crowded but we found a place to open gifts and eat cupcakes.


Carter had lots of fun being with his cousin Jake! He was excited to get a Lego set from Jake and a Lego set from Sawyer! He got a Target gift card from Grandma and a Laker Blanket from Maddie.
Several months ago Carter saw this Laker fabric at Jo-Anns and has been asking for a Laker blanket for his birthday.

The kids had lots of fun playing video games and winning tickets. This is Carter playing "Deal or No Deal" where you can win lots of tickets.





The highlight of the night was when the kids played a spinning game to win tickets and Jake one 500 tickets then Maddie won 1,000 and then Carter spun and won 500! It was all within a few minutes of each other. The kids were so excited it was like they had won big in Vegas!

Here's Maddie and her thousand tickets!

At the end of the night (9:30 pm on a school night!) The kids turned all their tickets in and got lots of fun prizes. Mommy and Daddy were pooped and they all fell asleep very quickly!