I just posted another photo album from Cara's 25th birthday party. For her birthday, Cara specifically requested a cookie cake. So that's what I got her. To each their own I suppose, eh? At the party, we ate cake (obviously) and snacks and also played some games.

The first game we played was Catchphrase, which is a sort of hot potato word game. You pass around the game, which will display a new word for each person. They have to get their team to say it without actually saying the word or saying what rhymes with it. You get the idea. While playing the game (guys versus girls), I discovered that guys and girls think differently. I've known that for a while, but the game further reemphasized that. For example, Cara had the word "booster rocket," which is one of the two side rockets that helps send spaceships into space. She didn't know what it was, so the first thing she said was "band." One of the girls yelled out boosters, as in band boosters. How in the world do you get from booster rocket to band booster?!? When the guys would get a word they were unfamiliar with, most of us sort of sat there and struggled to figure out what it was instead of going a different direction.

We also played Cranium, Cara's favorite board game. A few of the people hadn't played it before either, which became quite clear when one of them had to do a Sensosketch, which is where you have to draw your word with your eyes closed. It was also a Club Cranium, so both teams had to pick one person to draw the same thing while the rest of the team tried to guess what was being drawn. If you've played the game, you'll know that the Sensosketch falls under the "Creative Cat" category. As I said, this guy hadn't ever played the game. He began to draw a cat, and we guessed that much, but then we were stuck. Suddenly, the other team yelled out "glue" and that was the word! WHAT IN THE WORLD! But wait! His word was glue! But he didn't draw glue. He drew a cat... he said he just didn't know how to make it a "creative" cat. Basically, he had read the wrong word on the card. It was pretty funny.

Anyway, we had a lot of fun. And don't forget to check out the pictures!

David