How Time Flies!

My son, Cody, turned 14 on Monday, June 30. However, with all the focus being on pulling off the baby shower, both of my kids kindly allowed their birthday celebrations to be delayed. On Monday we took him, along with his cousins, Tylan and Liam, and his Uncle Fred to see "Get Smart." What a laughfest that was. We loved it. Yesterday Cody wanted to be the day to actually celebrate his birthday with his two best friends, Thomas and Kyle. Cody always insists on a Baskin and Robbins ice cream cake for his birthday and it must be made with mint chip ice cream. So I dutifully bought him his requisite cake, picked up a pizza from his favorite pizza place, Celestino's. This was the sum total of party planning on my part. I remember when the kids were young birthday parties were these big productions. Now, it involves picking up whatever cake and food they request and then they just hang out with their friends and it usually ends up being a sleep over.
Cody was thrilled with my cake choice because it had these tiny individual ice cream cones. The boys immediately pulled them off and devoured them.
Cody didn't want us to sing "Happy Birthday" and so I pathetically attempted to do a rap version, which was immediately silenced. It was a tragic attempt, but at least I cared enough to try.
The boys stayed up all night....all night. So guess who also didn't get much sleep. Teenage boys tend to have tremendous difficulty staying up all night and doing it quietly. So I drifted in and out all night. See Cici hanging with the boys in her favorite spot on the couch. Cici loves it when Thomas and Kyle come over. They played Halo all night. I'm sure it is some horrid video game that teachs them to be aggressive and violent, but they were having a good time, so damn the long term consequences.
After devouring the pizza, they dove head long into the mint chip ice cream cake.
The boys are starting to look a little ragged around the edges after the all night marathon. They did however take a brief pancake breakfast break, but it was right back to the video game action. Kyle who is in the foreground is very close to losing his battle to stay conscious. All and all I think we can chalk this one up to another successful birthday celebration.