Matt's Big 9

Matt decided he wanted a birthday party this year. Wait, take that back. Matt talked me into having a birthday party for him this year. Between costs and weather, this time of the year isn't conducive to renting bounce houses or going to the beach - so we held a slumber party.


After riding their bikes and skateboards around the cul-de-sac a few times, and playing a few rounds of ping-pong, the boys made their own pizzas washed down with lemonade.

We played other "classic" games like pin the tail on Master Chief (don't ask me who that is, but they all think he's cool); charades (ask Matt to show you how the Grand Canyon was made so he could jump over it); "Who Am I" (do I have a mask? do I wear boots? can I fly? am I green?) and the birthday version of Santa's scavenger hunt (Jesus was put in the basket on the Nile, did you know that?)

After present, cake and ice cream, they settled down to watch a movie before passing out for the night. Only 30 minutes of Playstation was had by all, which was only to give me a sanity break.