Benjamin's birthday is in May- but we were preparing for a wedding this year and he never had a birthday party so we decided to have one now- at the end of August. Benjamin's request was to go bowling- and we could see why, he played two games and his total for the day was 202! It was almost the top score of the day if it hadn't been for his best friend who beat Benjamin with a score of 212.
You can see how elated he was most of the time. When he broke 100 he grabbed my Mom's face (twice) and screamed "I GOT 100!!!" I think he had a good time.
The theme of the party was, of course, googles (couldn't have seen that one coming). If you don't know what a google is, here are a few pictures. Googles show up everywhere and come in many forms. The way Benjamin always describes a google is as "a duck with no hands"- a google is one of the many "Webkinz" stuffed animals you can puchase and play games online with it- a total scam but I think Benjamin has gotten a lot of ware out of his googles.
This is an actual google stuffed animal,
but they often show up other places such as...
Walls:
School work (army of googles on the left side of the shield of virtues):
Vacation Bible School work (why the google was necessary on the St. Joseph window I've no idea..):
Drawn for fun (this is a "chocolate google", a very fat one, and his name is "Halupeno"- kudos to Benjamin for sounding out the word "Jalepeno" by himself) (this particular google picture resides next to Benjamin's bed):
And even in disguise (this is a snowman google- no hands!)
He draws them on his body, he signs them next to his name, I find them scribbled in the steam on the bathroom mirror when I get out of the shower, he bikes with them, makes up stories about them, has written the rule book about what googles can and cannot do and anything else one would want to know about them...
...So it was no surprise when he requested a google cake:
We also played pin the beak on the google. I think he had a good time.
2 comments:
Rose, I love your family! And you. That is all. :)
Ahhh, the Blackhawks. I miss you all. How I would have died laughing at the "pin the beak on the google" game. How incredibly creative. I hope you know how much joy and relief your blog gives me...especially when Norwegian culture just gets to be too much. After reading your blog I feel like I have a speck of sunlight on my face all day long.
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