Birthday Bash

Today we went to Nickel City for Nathan's birthday party. Nathan has been begging to go there for several years, but we have never gone until now. I just assumed it was a hole-in-the-wall arcade, and so I had avoided going there. When I looked into it while planning his party, I discovered that I was wrong! And after going there today I am very impressed -- it is like a Chuck-E-Cheese but with more arcade games for older kids, laser tag, a nicer atmosphere, and much better pizza!

Two of Nathan's friends were able to come to the party with us. Everyone except Elizabeth and I enjoyed a game of laser tag while we waited for our pizza. Then we did pizza, cheesecake, and presents. Nathan also got to spin the Nickel City prize wheel since he is the birthday boy -- he got 400 extra tickets!

 The pizza was delicious -- I was quite impressed!

More Legos -- his friends know him well!

He won 200 tickets on the wheel, but when they brought his voucher out a few minutes later, they had upgraded it to 400!

Everyone was able to find plenty of games to spend their nickels on. And of course they picked out some small prizes with their tickets before we went home. A good time was had by all, and I am sure that we will be going back to Nickel City in the near future!