Last week was Chad’s birthday and he invited everyone out to The Village Tap. When we arrived I thought maybe I was at the wrong party. That’s a lot of toddlers for an adult party. Then I remembered. We’re old. Haha.
It was fun to have Quinn, Conor, Liam and Halle at the party.
Notice how Conor is eating his dinner and being good.
And Quinn was wiggling and giggling. And giggling. And not eating.
Who do you think he’s looking at in these photos?
Of course, Dallas.
Dallas is very popular with the under 6-years-old crowd. He isn’t exactly the best influence, though. Don’t sit down and eat nice. Only eat french fries. He also taught Quinn how to yell “Birthday Boats!!!” at everyone, meaning that they should go to the gambling casino boats for Chad’s birthday. Then if that wasn’t enough Dallas and Ed showed him how to make a hand motion like he’s shaking dice and say “Shake’em, shake’em, shake’em!!” But they do love him. And Chad and all the guys thought that gambling bit was pretty funny, too.
Even the babies like Dallas. Halle was getting fussy because it was nearing her bedtime but she quieted up when he held her and bounced her around a bit.
Meg made a birthday cake for Chad. Here’s Elisa and Meg lighting the candles.
They only had about half the candles needed and the cake was already a fireball. Good thing they didn’t have a candle for every year. 
You’ll notice part of the cake is missing. That’s the cake the kids had after dinner, before they were sent home to bed.
I realized when I got home that I had no photos of the birthday boy. Then I saw a few black photos at the end. I tried to take a photo of Chad blowing out his candles but they didn’t turn out… here’s some photoshop magic I did to reveal the picture. Not great, but there’s Chad.
Or the ghost of him or something.
Happy birthday!
