Seb's birthday party

We belatedly celebrated Sebastian's birthday on Sunday with a crew of his friends - they were dropped off here at 1 for an afternoon of sports, fun, and food. The weather was on our side; the forecast was good all week, and the morning fog burned off, leaving an unusually temperate and pleasant December afternoon. We all piled into a (rented) minivan and drove over to Cedar Mill park. Seb brought a plethora of sports equipment and we started off playing baseball. It was 3 on 3, with the adults (and Jasper) as extra fielders. Jasper is fast to get to the ball when it's hit, but he's not so good on bringing it back or dropping it for the throw-and-tag. :)

We then moved on to laser tag, featuring a shiny new set that Seb and Steve bought that morning. On Saturday night, Steve was struck with the idea that laser tag with the boys would be super fun -- he reminisced about playing it at Amherst, late at night with friends. So my boys snuck out to Target and bought the whole kaboodle. The boys (and Liesl) loved it. They chased each other around the big trees and tried to capture the playground fort.

 And then it was 3:30, and everyone was hungry, so we jumped back into the party van and drove to Little Big Burger - cheeseburgers and fries all around - and then picked up doughnuts and cupcakes for dessert.

We came back home to open presents, but then they couldn't resist the allure of night and laser tag, and headed back out to play on our street until everyone's parents arrived at 6 to pick them up.