Crimson's 13th Birthday

Another milestone was celebrated on January 4th. A few days after Crimson turned 13 on December 31st, we had a party for her and friends at an entertainment center in Marietta GA called Mad Mad Whirled. After some early concerns that few of her friends were going to show, we ended up with around 16 kids for a few hours of fun.

The kids got to play a 30 minute session of laser tag, 30 minutes of Whirly Ball, which is a combination of bumper cars and lacrosse, and another 30 minutes of laser. After that they all had pizza, soda, cookie cake and ice cream finish up.

After activities were done there, 3 of Crimson's girlfriends came back to my house for more fun. After a tour of the house and smashing a pinata, the girls settled in for a pinball tournament. It was great to see all the machines turned on a being used at the same time. After pinball they had a great time playing Rock Band on the XBOX 360 on the big screen TV. This game allowed the girls to play together as a band to some popular songs with each girl taking turns playing either the drums, guitar, bass or singing. One of the girls had to go home for the night but the other 2 joined Crimson for a sleepover.

Next up was watching a movie in the home theater. Of course no movie is complete without a little popcorn. After the movie it was pretty late so the girls headed to Crimson's room for the night. As you can probably guess, they didn't sleep right away. In fact, at 3:15am I had to finally tell them enough was enough and it was lights out. Crimson told me they kept talking till close to 5 am.

Waking up the next morning was a bit of a chore but thankfully the girls parents allowed them to extend their stay a bit. The girls got to have brunch together and play some Wii before heading home.

Crimson described the party as a smash success.