Birthday Fun!

With James turning 25 and a time to celebrate his life, we've been having a lot of fun! I didn't start planning a whole lot until Wednesday and Thursday of last week. I have a tendency to get so excited it's almost unbearable for me to not drop hits and wait, but I had developed some fun ideas!

I had to work on Friday, which was okay, it actually turned out to be one of the best days I've worked so far. Maybe, because I was so excited for the day, that I had more patience...but I think the kids were extra good AND I got enough sleep the night before.

After work I picked up a few things to hide in his Scavenger Hunt I planned for him. Oh how much fun I had! On his hunt, he was all over the house and even outside at one point. He had clues like "Mr. and Mrs. Smith ...nope, not you and I" directing him to the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Another with only lines, where he had to play "Hang Man" to figure out what the clue was (h_ _ _ _ rger helper is all he needed). It was just a lot of fun! Also on his hunt, he found a mini cake, which I had a candle on top, so I lit it and sang "Happy Birthday" to him, 3 shirts, zebra cakes, and a desk-sized calender, which he's been wanting badly for Strawberry Planning.

A birthday wouldn't quite be complete without either a birthday meal specially made or dinner at a favorite restaurant. Since we don't eat out too often, I decided to bring him out for some Chinese, because when we do go out, he usually lets me pick the place...and that's never for Chinese food. He loves Chinese food, so why not hit up his favorite Chinese Buffet?!

With a full night's time ahead of us, I planned to go out dancing! He loves to dance, as do I, but really have no opportunities to do so, so I thought it would be good if we hit up the dance floor! I've only been to two weddings with him and both times, he never pulled out the dance moves he always claims to have!

But...after a long day of work for the both of us, the scavenger hunt, and eating until we couldn't eat anymore. We were tired. We decided to save the night of dancing for another time and just head home. On our way through town, we came near to the movie theater. I remembered that "This Is It" was playing and thought James might want to see that. He did, so we went. Michael Jackson, really has skills! His voice is still going strong and those dance moves.. they are so impressive! I guarantee better than anything James or I could have pulled of!

We must be getting old if we traded a night of dancing for a movie filled with it. But, oh well.. We'll save that for a night when we have enough energy to make the night as fun as it can be!