Yesterday was Corwin’s birthday party. Mom and I were too exhausted afterwards to write it up. But now that Corwin is occupied with writing thank you notes I have an opportunity to catch up.
The party was at Ants in Their Pants which is an play place for young children. Attendance was somewhat sparse although we suspect that was because it was Memorial Day weekend. Corwin had seven guests in all and it probably worked out better that way. I can’t imagine what a full house would have been like.
As part of the package we got two young girls to lead the festivities. They played some games with the kids, did some gymnastics (mostly bouncing down a long trampoline into a pit of foam) and then served pizza and cake. After that it was time to hit the playland / arcade in the back. I had been concerned about things dragging on but we ended up without enough time to even open presents. Mom and I had to chose between the opening of presents and visiting the arcade. Corwin was a bit disappointed about not doing the opening at the party but the other kids definitely preferred visiting the arcade. Most of the games were the standard carnival type games – whack-a-mole, skee-ball, etc. The playland was extensive with foam stairs, lots of tubes to explore and ball pits. We got some tokens for the arcade which I divied out. Those went quickly so I got another slug of them, which lasted until just before the end of the official time. However, the kids were going so hard that most of the parents ended up letting them play for a while longer before taking them home.
All in all it seemed like a good party. Even Charles had a good time. There was another playland for younger kids (6 and under) with lots of foam blocks and a ball pit. Charles had a wonderful time there. Charles also was very happy just watching the other (older) kids run around and do things.