How you know things are back to normal in the Castle household: I woke up to my kid wearing Yoda ears that Castle ordered from Etsy.
Safe to say, things are gonna be fine. I'm surprised he didn't convince Alexis to dress up and join in.
[Private to friends/family/anyone attending the War Games Weekend at the ranch] *
Castle's birthday is coming up, and since he's 44 going on 13 I've decided to have a giant game of laser tag as part of his party. Chris has agreed to let us use the ranch and the obstacle course that will be set up for his War Games class, and therefore I'm inviting anyone who is attending that to also stay and play another game/eat some cake/meet some people you might not know.
March 29 is the date, and the Doctor has agreed to transport party goers from Potts Tower and back again. But since its his TARDIS, he has veto power on if you actually get to board and ride. Gifts aren't necessary, but if you feel you need to buy Rick something he loves (in no particular order): superheroes, comic books, comic book t-shirts, cheesy sci-fi, ninjas, zombies, scotch, detective noir, leather bound notebooks, good quality pens, coffee, tech gadgets, and spy gear. He's truthfully not a difficult person to please, and would be just as happy with you donating money or time to a literacy charity or writing program as buying him things. In fact, he'd probably prefer the latter.
Just show up (bring a friend if you want, I had to rent a
ton of gear) in comfortable clothes, ready to play and have a good time. And
don't tell Castle, as far as he knows, his birthday is dinner with me and an afternoon with the kids. I'd like to keep it that way.
* if you want to be on the filter, you are on the filter. I'm good with handwaving.