Ralph: Birthday Celebrations!

Ralph had a small birthday party with the other first graders in his before/after school program and two schoolmates on his birthday.    We were somewhat limited on the number of guests since, after trying to come up with a location for a birthday party it was pretty clear Ralph just wanted to have friends over to play video games.  Pizza and video games . . what more does a kid really need?

We went with a Mario Kart themed party since that was the game he plays the most.  I'm not really sure there was much Mario Kart playing that night but I think the kids had fun playing different games they may or may not have been used to.

Grandma and Grandpa joined us on the Sunday following his birthday to open gifts and have cake.  He opened gifts as you would expect a 7 year old to open gifts - not caring about some and very appreciative of others.  Unbeknownst to us he was trying to hide a headache from us - and unfortunately he couldn't avoid it.  The headache cut the festivities short and he didn't get to investigate all of his gifts right away.  He has slowly been making his way through them since his birthday.  He is enjoying the Wii game Kirby's Epic Yarn.  He has learned how to play MoneyWise for Kids by mostly following the directions but may have added his own interpretation to a rule or two.   The Pokemon cards didn't stay in the package long.  We have been working on the The Diving Octopus.  The Wii steering wheels are still in the box which is funny since that used to be all they would play . . .but has been replaced with Kerby's Epic Yarn.    Yahtzee has been opened but we only made it halfway through a game the other night.