birthday parties

Both kids were invited to special birthday parties this weekend - for Liesl, it was Ryder's birthday party on Sunday afternoon. We dropped her off at his house early, and they got to ride to the party together; apparently Ryder had Liesl's name iced into the border on his birthday cake and they were inseparable throughout. :)

Sebastian went to Frances' birthday party - bowling, laser tag, video games, and a sleepover - his first sleepover, so he was a bit nervous, but it went really well. They had an amazing time and he was so happy to be hanging out with Frances, Wyatt, and Nathan. They didn't sleep, of course -- "sleepover" being the biggest misnomer -- but I was informed that that was the whole point.