Monkey Tails: The Mini Celebration

Aikman decided for his birthday he wanted to go to Mr. Gatti’s for dinner. They all picked me up from work and we went to Target and K-Mart to get him a little something. He wanted a pack of Hot Wheels. Shocker I know. It was a big 20 pack and he was SO excited about it. He was just begging us to open it as soon as we got in the car. At K-Mart he fell in love with this green trash truck and just had to have it. We debated about letting him get stuff with his party being Saturday, but hey, you only turn three once right? Devin said what kid is fascinated by trash trucks? Yes, our children are weird sometimes. While we were checking out, Horns called to sing Happy Birthday to him. So sweet. We then went to eat and Pete was working so Aikman just loved that! He even made us our own pizza and brought it to our table for us. Half was sausage and pepperoni and the other half was pepperoni and mushroom. So good. I had to laugh when he set the pizza down because Aikman looked at it and said “hey, those look like little caca balls momma!” Yes, thank you monkey for that. Pippa ate so much. She loved their salad bar. We then went to play! Pete had bought Monks a little certificate while we were there for 20 tokens and we bought a few so he was set for the night. He played a game called Acorn Drop where you move this claw around and then drop the ball and it has to fall in holes with different numbers on them. That’s how many tickets you get. They have a jackpot that is marked 100. The first time he did it, he got 30 tickets but the second time he hit the jackpot!!! He got 100 tickets in one try! He was so proud of himself! The tickets just kept coming and we had to keep telling him to wait to tear them all off. He also loves to play skee ball but sadly is horrible at it. He can’t roll it underhand. He acts like he is going to and then last minute throws it overhand and like totally diagonal and it winds up hitting the side of the other games or the back wall. Yeah, scary. I made the mistake of standing behind him and somehow he threw the ball back and it hit me in the mouth. Really? Craziness. We then went home for cupcakes and singing. He loves the Happy Birthday song and sings it pretty well. He was so happy and I just love his smile in the pictures. Too cute. He had a great day and loves to tell you he is 3. I still can’t believe it. We are all super excited about the party Saturday!