Happy Birthday Joey

Saturday was Joey's 5th birthday, although he is well beyond his years in many interesting ways. We decided to dedicate the day to him by starting out at the Indianapolis Children's Museum--the top children's museum in the world! Then we went to his favorite place, Gameworks. He got to pick a restaurant in downtown Indianapolis for us to eat lunch, where they surprised him with a giant piece of ice-cream cake. We came home and went fishing, where he caught his very first fish all by himself. Then we had his favorite dinner--macaroni and cheese--and followed it up with a nice family birthday party, where he got two cakes. His first cake request to Liz was "a box jellyfish, the most dangerous animal in the world. Then, he said he wanted a "worm" cake. Liz usually lets the kids request a cake for their birthdays, but in this case she went ahead and did both. Here are some pictures:

building a gorgosaurus at the museum. I didn't get a picture of when you finish it and the wall lets out a giant roar, which makes Tori scream and run away crying. Mean puzzle!


Tori "in the sea"


Let's just say Tori LOVED the glass exhibit. This is a little reclining seat that spins around to watch the glass ceiling (irony noted).

And she wanted to take some of the glass home with her.

Joey's birthday dessert--bigger than his head. We couldn't even finish it between the five of us.

Tori was stoked on her "My Little Pony" from the birthday clown.

Joey was excited about his fighter jets.

And even more excited about his globe.


Here is the worm cake


And Charles "ewwww" face.


And, of course, the jellyfish "cake."

But his favorite present, which he hasn't let go of since Saturday, was a real STAR WARS light sabre (or "lifesaver" as Joey calls it). He was crushed when Liz didn't let him take it to school this morning.