You Look Like a Monkey and You Smell Like One Too!

James and I were really able to deliver as parents today and I can now officially declare Mark can never say we didn't do anything for him as a child. He woke up at 5:30 a.m. full of joy and delight at the idea of his party and spent the WHOLE morning asking me when we were heading to Pocatello. Oi! He is like one of those Monkeys with cymbals that you wind up and instead of eventually winding down, gets stuck and just keeps on going and going. Maybe I should say he's more like the Energizer Bunny, although he would make a cuter monkey...

The Neider and Sellick Clans converged on Pocatello today for a cousins super duper birthday bash at The Outer Limits Fun Zone. Mark has been planning this party since Christmastime and it was nice to finally see it come to fruition. His favorite part was the fun gifts, my Dad's was the 'Deal or No Deal' game where he won 200 tickets and mine was the 2 hostesses who kept our drinks full, served the kids, cut the cake, dished up ice cream and cleaned up our mess...wrapping paper and all. I tell you, that's the way to do it, plop down a fistful of $$ and let yourselves be taken care of. Mark's complete delight and the great service was worth it all. The kids had a great time running wild for a couple of hours while the adults sat and visited. Our dear, sweet, wonderful brother Courtney (Sellick) found our Nate crawling through the bathroom stalls (while they were in use), cleaned him up and brought him to us with a big grin on his face. I guess we got a little too carried away in visiting. Good times.