In the morning, the husband got out this Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game, which we had picked up one day from Goodwill:
It's a super-simplified D&D system, and pretty perfect for the kids. Osric still needs a grownup to help him through the rules, but Saffron and Corwin were able to navigate the game with just a few reminders.
Saffron had a rogue, Corwin a cleric, Osric a fighter, and I played the wizard. The first adventure is nice and short; we had to go save a unicorn from a band of goblins. Funny enough, one of the biggest challenges was getting through the front door. After several attempts to pick the lock and push down the door, we eventually just tore it to pieces.
Trying to open the door -- this roll mattered!
Rolling dice!
Learning to read the character sheet.
In the afternoon, we did presents and cake. Corwin seems very happy with his presents; he's already put together two of the Lego sets, and he's working on the third one as a type now. The Aquaman Lego set he got comes with glow in the dark pieces, which are a big hit.
Surveying the selection
He enjoyed the card
And the money -- though he hasn't spent it yet...
The husband picked Corwin up a set of Magic cards
He was way more excited about these than I was expecting -- these are the three most recent graphic novels in a series that he's been reading. Corwin was so excited that he went over to specifically show his dad what he got.
We also bought him a model kit -- it's a snap together Star Wars AT-ACT walker (cargo AT-AT).
This was his face when I told him that the legs actually move -- from the reviews of it, it sounds like the model is rugged enough to survive some play. Hopefully that is the case for him.
Then we did cake! The cake itself could have gone better; shortly after I finished frosting it, the marshmallow filling started to ooze out. It was still delicious, and not too oozy when we took pictures, but still. I guess marshmallow needs to be reinforced with some powdered sugar or something...
He chose to decorate his cake with his very own Lego creations -- some heroes fighting a monster.
This year, we got him sparkler candles, which were pretty cool.
They were hard to put out though
At this point, he was starting to laugh because the ones he had blown out kept relighting
Just two left! He got these ones out.
Eating cake -- this was good!
NOM NOM NOM, tasty!
Later, the husband and Corwin looked through his new Magic cards.
And Corwin worked on his Legos.
For dinner, we hit up a local pizza place called Mod Pizza -- each of the kids got to have their own individual pizza with custom toppings. Corwin had what I'm calling "the meatlover's Hawaiian" -- it had pineapple, pepperoni, salami, and Italian sausage. The husband had their "Caspian" pizza, which is a BBQ sauce pizza -- a little weird. The rest of us had more normal fair. Overall, very tasty as well!
