Charlotte's birthday

This weekend has been filled with birthday festivities. On Friday, we had a little family party for Charlotte (who turned 11) with presents and cake. On Saturday, Casey and I took Charlotte and two of her friends (Jenna and Anya) out to dinner and a movie. We had such a great time. While waiting for the movie to start, we quickly wrote up a scavenger hunt for the three of them to do at the mall. (we had an hour in between dinner and the movie.) So, with scavenger hunt in hand, we turned them loose on the mall. We gave Charlotte my cell phone and told them that they could go on their own...and to meet us for the movie at 9:00.. The girls were thrilled that we allowed them to be "parent-less" for a whole hour. Of course, little did they know, we followed at a safe distance...for most of the time. It was a great night!

We've been staring at this cake for a few days now and were excited to get to actually eat it!

Charlotte got a new watch from her aunt and a scooter from us.

We ate at "Hole in the Wall" BBQ because Casey still had some gift certificates from them. (He had done some trade this summer) As a result, the whole meal was free and the girls pigged out on french fries, strawberry lemonades, BBQ and a brownie sundae for dessert.



Finally, we went to the late 3D version of "Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs." The girls insisted on sitting far away from Casey and me. The movie was cute and extra fun in 3D.