Part One: Triscuit's 7th Birthday

Triscuits birthday theme for this year was "Ben 10". For those of you that don't know what the cartoon is about, it's about a little boy that gets a watch from his grandfather (the grandfathers voice is Lee Majors...for us "old folks", he was the "Six Billion Dollar Man"). The watch has alien technology. When Ben dials the watch to a specific alien and hits the watch, Ben will turn into that particular alien. Of course, he's a hero, so he uses his powers for good. It's a typical boy cartoon! Although the cartoon, in my opinion, is good...the aliens he turns into are rather strange. Triscuit asked for the Ben 10 action figures (boy dolls) and the Ben 10 watch. He was SO thrilled when he opened the watch! You notice how BIG this watch is compared to the kid wearing it? Imagine the wrist being 1/3 smaller. Triscuit runs around (all 52 pounds of him) acting all big and tough, dials the watch, hits it (and yes, the watch DOES make noise...goody) and calls out the alien that he wants to turn into. The LAST alien he "turned into" was Humongousaur. I'm glad this technology isn't real. Imagine coming around the corner into THIS:The picture doesn't do this thing justice. You can see THROUGH his chest and the insides look slimy! Eww. While Triscuit was running around, he heard "Spidermonkey" come from his watch. Weenie and I haven't seen a character named Spidermonkey, so we told him there was no such thing. When Triscuit hears something coming from someone (or something) and NOT from Mommy or Daddy, he automatically assumes that it HAS to be true (typical kid). It quickly became an argument. Triscuit has this "way" about him. He harps on stuff until he gets the other person to think HIS way (go back to the post "Triscuits Personality Test". You will understand what I'm talking about). ALL DAY LONG, it was, "Spidermonkey" this and "Spidermonkey" that. We told him to be quiet and STOP talking about it, but he just WOULDN'T!!! Finally, we had to take the watch away. Well, while looking around the internet this morning, guess what I find? You guessed it...SPIDERMONKEY!The cartoon has two parts to it...Ben 10 (which is him as a kid) and Ben 10 Alien Force (which is him as a teenager). The Alien Force one is fairly new, so Weenie and I haven't seen any episodes with Spidermonkey in them. I think we owe Triscuit an apology.

I have more to report on the birthday front. I wanted to post pictures I took during his party, but the camera they are on is AT WORK with Weenie. I will try and get them downloaded tonight.