Somehow, some way, the baby of the family is TWELVE.
What.
Didn't we just bring him home in an Easter basket like last week? My gosh.
The day started early, as it does on birthdays with overly excited kids bouncing around upstairs. The household rule is that no one is allowed downstairs on birthdays or Christmas before a parent goes down first (to film the looks on their face, of course). I was up late working on that stupid cake, so I stumbled my sleepy self downstairs, pulled the cake out of the freezer and put it on the table, told Alexa to play Lilo and Stitch music, and called Cam down. He LOVED it.
Brad made traditional birthday pancakes, complete with whipped cream, sprinkles, and his numbered candles.
For presents, we often (if time constraints allow) do a scavenger hunt. It's a lot of work, but the kids really love it. Camden had 12 clues to find and follow, opening small presents on the way and finding his big present at the end. Gifts this year included a "Dungeon in a box" (a DND subscription box with a map, board, figures and adventure to play), a board game called Happy Little Dinosaurs, a stuffed dragon, Rollercoaster Tycoon video game for the Switch, and finally a huge Lego Castle.
Since his birthday is on a Saturday this year, we decided to do his friend party ON his actual birthday instead of a day the following week. He invited about half of his State hockey team, plus our neighbor boy. The sun was shining and they had a GREAT time spending an hour and a half doing roller hockey in the street together, coming inside only for orange soda and filling up at the Taco Bar. then after cake we packed them all up and sent them to the pool. They all had so much fun, I literally only took one photo. Well two, including the tacos.
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