It's Trevor's Turn

With his actual birthday coming up, the time has come to focus on Trevor.  Much to the disappointment of Gwen.  Which is strange because at least Trevor has to let her tag along to his birthday party and I let her have her friend party without Trevor. 

So today was the party, because having a birthday on or near Thanksgiving is not very travel friendly for his friends.  We move it usually to the weekend before so we can stay in the same month.  During the summer, he had asked to have his party at a place termed Chutes and Ladders.  It is an outdoor park that does have some water spraying involved.  I tried to explain that even if the actual park was closed, that they turn off the water around Labor Day.  Trevor thought that as long as it hadn't snowed by his party, he could still have it there and possibly even involve getting wet.  Oh how quickly he forgets how yucky it gets in the fall.  Strangely enough, the same day as his party is the day that we get snowed on. 

This was the second year in a row we decided to get out of the house and let someone else help with the party planning.  Good for me because although I can be organized enough to plan a party, I usually don't like trying to stay low stress when I have to entertain the guests.  This year we went to a party place where they had mini golf, batting cages, a soft foam ball pit/ball shooting area, arcade, bumper cars, and laser tag.  The place was packed with people.  Some probably close to their teens, and some younger than Trevor's group.  But really, it was a great age at least for him to be there.  They didn't get to do the batting cage because it didn't move as quick as he wanted it to, and I didn't know really how it all worked anyway.  But otherwise the kids did get to do everything else.  Laser tag was Trevor's favorite.  Gwen was happy playing the arcade games, doing a mini golf round, and she got into the ball pit early enough to avoid the huge kids. 

Then of course the weather hit throughout the time we were there.  Thankfully, we were able to get home at a decent time, but everyone was pretty hungry.  Immediately, Trevor wanted to get back outside in the snow.  Also thankfully, his snowpants from last year still fit him.  It wasn't quite enough snow to make a snowman...I think...but I know he had a good time sweeping the deck off and finding other fun things to do with the snow. 

It's Trevor's turn to be in his favorite place - the spotlight.  Although officially 8 days away, I think because of the party, I'm calling it in his birthday week now.  I'm excited to see what he makes of his special week!