Miles' 4th Birthday

We celebrated Miles' birthday at Chuck E Cheese on Saturday night.  Darrin & I both love Chuck E Cheese, but we've only been there on a week night or Sunday afternoon....never a Saturday.  I booked his party online and happened to be by the Chuck E Cheese (an hour away) two weeks ago, so I stopped in to confirm the party....on a Saturday.  You can see where this is going.  Oh my.  It was a zoo in there.  Kids everywhere, tickets, buzzers, lights flashing...a crazy house.  I came out to the car and told Darrin that we were in for it.

Thankfully, it seemed slightly better during our party.  It was still crazy but Miles loved it and the kids seemed to have fun too.  Cambry rode with us, which Miles loved...

The party started at 5:30.  The kids were each given 20 tokens and got to play for 45 minutes.  That was perfect b/c it gave everyone time to arrive.

Some adults got in on the games too...

...and some held down the party fort and watched the Chuck E Cheese show over and over and over...

They all got two pieces of pizza and drinks.  We were assigned a party hostess and she was amazing.  She set up the table including the party favors I bought.  She also filled all the drinks and cut the cake.  I think she was the key to sanity during the night.

  

After pizza it was time for the birthday show.  There were four, yes four, birthday parties going on at once. Chuck E Cheese comes out and all the characters dance.  The birthday kids are all asked to stand up.  He seemed to enjoy being recognized...

I was concerned how he would handle Chuck E Cheese.   He's never been a fan of any characters.  I even told the hostess that we might need to skip that party.  To my surprise, he offered a hug to Chuck E Cheese.  If I know my son, he probably didn't want to look silly in front of his friends so he sucked it up and did what he had to do.  I was very happy for him...

On another note, all the birthday kids were given a guitar b/c the theme was Rock Star birthday.  They were supposed to play and put on a show.  He.Was.Not.Having.It.  No way.  It was written all over his face that he felt ridiculous.  I asked him later and he said he was embarrassed.  We quickly told him he didn't have to do it and that was the end of that.  He did put on a good show for me yesterday in the privacy of our house :)

He was presented a Chuck E Cheese medallion that he loved. 

Then, it was time for cake.  His birthday party theme was Octonauts...

After the birthday show & cake, some kids played and some hung around for pictures and presents.  The sequence of the night was actually very good.  I'm hoping everyone else felt the same.  They seemed to move quickly from one thing to the next, which is optimum for 4 year olds.

Miles & Colt....Miles is really into posing lately...Must work on more masculine poses :)

Miles got a disc for disc golf from Granny & Pa.  Ansley is being a big helper...

Legos from Marmee...

Miles & Ben...

Miles said it was the best party ever!