Evan's 14th Birthday

Evan had a great never ending 14th Birthday!!  It started with a friend gathering on the last day of school, May 30th.  We did this because so many of his friends will leave during the summer to go to wherever their home country is.  He was also kind enough to include Brayden.

First we went to Enchanted Kingdom to do Paintballing.  He didn't tell his friends that was the plan, they just showed up and that's where we headed!

They had a lot of fun and I think that they realized paintballs can hurt!!

 We also got to go do go karts!  You have to be 12 though, so Brayden didn't get to, but he will in a few months!

They also rode some of the different rides at EK.

And tried the haunted house!  These are unusual things that I don't usually do when I have all four kids with me.  So it was fun for Evan to do the "big kid" things!

Some of his friends spent the night, and a couple others just met up with us at the mall the next day.  They got to do an escape room and they beat it!!  They were quicker this year than the Mystery Manila we went to last year.  Maybe they are getting smarter?

So, a couple of weeks passed and we went as a family up to Manila for a mini "staycation" for his real birthday!  I brought in these birthday balloons for Evan and packed his presents with us.

He is full slytherin now that he got a robe! 

He also got a phone.  That made him pretty happy.  He's wanted one for a long time now, well a "smarter" phone.  His "dumb" phone just wasn't cutting it for him anymore. . . 

 We spent his actual birthday doing fun things he wanted to do!  I surprised him a little with the laser tag.  I have to say, I think laser tag was a whole lot funner than the paintball!!

Evan even WON!!  He convinced Addison to "be on his team" and since she could sneak up on anyone, she wasn't shooting him!  I think she would have been a contender if she was not so nice!

We did some shopping. Also did some waiting in line which leads to fun pictures like this!

We ate at one of Evan's favorite place, Italianni's.  He got birthday ice cream and a cheese cake!

 Of course, when we got home the next day, we still had his D&D cake for him.  It's not my best work, but he loved it and it was fun. Those are dragon eggs on top, by the way!  On top of the castle. . . in case you can't tell! 

Happy Birthday son!  I hope 14 is the best one yet!!  Love you!