We went to a birthday party today at the laser tag/arcade facility in Hialeah. He had fun playing the redemption games (win tickets, get junky prizes, etc.). He couldn't do the laser tag because the vest apparatus was so heavy it was uncomfortable for him.
As an aside, many people feel that redemption games killed the traditional "arcade," but in the age of super home video game consoles it is also possible that redemption is the only thing that keeps arcades alive. Do you really need to go to an arcade to play the latest and greatest when its easier to play at home or online? When we go to those places, he may play one or two jetski racing games, but he really sticks with the redemption stuff. I guess having a home arcade makes him a little jaded.
Anyway, birthday parties are a little tough because he really shouldn't eat pizza, but we roll with the party, focus on the candy and adjust the eating for the rest of the day. One of my favorite websites, www.fark.com, had an entry today discussing people's favorite candies. See http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=2871924. Jacob says these are his favorites:
Now and Later
Sour Skittles
Fruit Gushers
Skittles
Fruit Roll ups
Sour Gummy Worms
Airheads
Swedish Fish
Tootsie Pops
Extreme Sour warheads
Pez
For Dad, its:
Fruit Flavor Tootsie Rolls
Dark Chocolate Raisinettes
Mike and Ike
Smarties (the Nestle version of M&Ms)
stale gummy bears
Fireballs
Razzles
Fruit Flavor Necco (mmmm, chalky)
Hershey Milk Chocolate
1 comment:
Fireballs and Necco's rock!!!!!!!!!!!
You forgot World's Finest Chocolate, am sure it was just an oversight. Glad to hear Jake the Snake has been able to have some fun. Am going to talk to my boy about his giant bag of Yu-Gi-Oh cards, whether he can part with a bunch of them, ship them your way. Talked to Uncle Frank last night in Covington, he sounded pretty good. Hope the recovery continues to be good, just wanted to check in after being gone a couple weeks.
Mark the Shark, N.C.
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