Gwangi's 12th Birthday!

For Gwangi's 12th Special Day, we had our fun spread out over a few days. His sister decided to make his birthday brownie cake for his party with his friends...now, I'll be honest, I helped with the brownie part, but she did the frosting and decorating it to look like Mario from the Super Mario Bros. game all by herself!

Sissi, working hard in the kitchen.

Her finished product, Mario!

When the boys showed up to the house, we took them out for some mini golf.

They had a great time playing and it was a lovely day.

We also had several holes-in-one.

Sissi and Krypto played with Indy and I as a foursome.

We followed the boys and took lots of pictures of them.

Krypto and Indy.

After mini-golf they played Legos while I got dinner going.

We had pizza, brownies, and cake.

Then, we opened gifts...Legos!

Finally, the kids played some Wii, "Tron" and "Super Mario Bros."

Then, when we came up to DC, we got some more special time with old family friends. They played "Guitar Heroes."

We played some "Apples to Apples."

And, ate more brownies!

Then, on the ACTUAL day of his birthday, we were traveling between friends' houses, so went out to breakfast at IHOP and opened gifts.

I brought our chalk board so he could have the announcement.

He loved his storm trooper "Pew Pew" pin for his lanyard and the kids' pin game.

His favorite though, was getting the new Mario Maker game, so he can design and play his own levels in Super Mario Bros.

To do this, in 3D, he needed the new 3DS. He combined all of his birthday gift money and I found one on eBay from last fall that we purchased. He was super thrilled.

I had found this Super Mario Bros. t-shirt at JcPenney, and he was certainly surprised by it.

His final gift...a Gwangi t-shirt!

He was thrilled and we're so excited to have a new 12 year old in the house.