Birthdays: a second vote for GattiTown
Last summer, we celebrated my daughter’s 7th birthday at GattiTown in Frisco. The kids all had a blast. The setup is along the lines of Chucky Cheese, but times three. There's something for small kids as well as teenagers, which is pretty cool of you have siblings of different ages. The food is pretty good, and it’s buffet style. There’s even a dining room with a wide screen TV showing a movie.
Also, we recently went to a birthday sleepover at the Embassy Suites in North Dallas. Many hotels offers birthday sleepover packages (for 8 to 10) that include pizza, private pool access, an in-room movei and free breakfast the next morning. It’s especially popular with pre-adolescent girls who are still in to pillow fights and painting their nails.