Eight continued. . .

Aidan's birthday was extended through the weekend.  He decided to have another party at the ice rink this year.  So we invited his class from school and one of his hockey buddies.  It was a lot of fun!  The kids dug into their goodie bags while they ate pizza and we ended up having a Flarp contest. . .

 First, the boys won. . .  And then the girls won. . .

And then hilarity ensued and all the kids were flarping like crazy!!!!

We finally settled them down and fed them some sugary birthday cake. . .

But wait!!!!  These candles relight!!!  Hey!!!  Not fair!!!!  : )  Good Mama trick. . . .

And then it was time to send the kids off to the ice for some skating time. . .and only one kid ended up with stitches!!!  : /  Scary, but he's fine now. . .

And then we headed home and set up Aidan's new iPod Shuffle, which he has been listening to, nearly nonstop, since. . .

When asked how he liked his birthday, Aidan busted a move. . .

And on Monday, a package arrived from the NFL with no known return address other than the NFL. . .who could have sent it???  But, of course, after opening the package, the identity of the sender was absolutely clear. . .

Thank you, Aunty Allison!  Now I can torment my mom and dad some more this coming football season!!!  : )

And now, we are on the count down to nine. . .