Landon celebrated his 10th birthday in Mexican style! The event was billed as "Stinko de Mayo" and he and nine of his compadres gathered at our favorite Mexican restaurant - Pistolera - for an afternoon filled with fun. Each of the boys received a hat, poncho and mustache and took photos with the birthday boy. A lunch of chips & salsa, chicken and cheese quesadillas and virgin mango margaritas was served followed by the battering of the pinata - which was a shark - not sure why a shark but it may have been the only pinata left at the store or maybe the fact that the donkey was PINK! From the restaurant we headed back to the apartment where a gym teacher friend of ours had loaned us her equipment for games and fun. We started with tug of war, moved into potato sack races then had a nerf gun session of Capture the Flag followed by the ever popular Show Down at the OK Corral. (and yes the boys all had safety glasses on for those of you safety conscious folks out there). We also had a parachute and played a game called "Shark" (hey! it goes with the Pinata theme!) which all the boys knew and really enjoyed. The grand finale was the Smith family traditional water balloon massacre. Each boy got a dozen water balloons and I got about a 5 second head start. It only took a few minutes but I was thoroughly exhausted and totally soaked by the end of it. We moved the party indoors at this point and had cake and ice cream, opened presents and said goodbye to the boys as their parents came to gather them. Cynthia and I promptly headed back to Pistolera for a real Margarita - which was well deserved I might add.
