The Birthday Party

The kids climbed out the van like a circus act. Max got some grease on his hands in the van and we were looking for something to get him cleaned up. McDonalds has two stories. They have a party room on the second floor, but our group was too big for it. Instead they reserved a number of tables together and we had our own area. I distributed the party supplies that we brought. Each child got a hat and a lay. I brought over 1 pair of disguise glasses and gave them to Max. We decided against the noise makers and I showed everyone the Happy Birthday Banner. I put the banner and a center piece on Max’s table.

McDonald’s throws an excellent party. There was a host that took our food order and totaled the charges for the event. I went downstairs to pay and they got the festivities started. They first had a group game that was similar to musical chairs. The children gathered in a circle and slapped the hand of the person next to them based on a rhyme. At some point, one person would hold their hand back and the other would be out.

They had all the children gather around Max and started to build a wall out of paper drink cups. The wall got quite high before it started to fall. Once one section fell, the kids knocked down the whole wall. There was simply a mess of cups below the table. Then the game changed. Whoever could create the tallest stack of cups would win. The kids went to work on stacking the cups and they were cleaned up in no time. I was impressed.

Bring on the food and cake. The happy meals are the same as any other McDonalds; cheese burger, fries and a drink. Max did have cream Birthday cake. He told Jenia that one of his favorite things about McDonalds was the French fries or Chipsee as they call them.