Boys, boys, boys

Lukas wanted to celebrate his birthday with a few good friends, but no party favors, no party games, no organized activities; just hanging out, building on the tree house, tinker in the garage, black smiting. It was not a hard request, no party planning but shopping for food and cake! The boys dined on steak, potatoes, carrot souffle and salad, washing it down with sherbet punch before heading out to play and run. The most hardest thing for Mamma was to gather all these boys at one point for birthday cake and singing - outside on the run back to the fire, tree house and whatever else was going on. Maybe it was the snacks, or the movies we chosen, but before midnight everyone was snuggled up in sleeping bags, munching, watching and chatting. The last voices overheard by sleepy parents were recorded at 3:30 am and the first chipper good morning was uttered a bit shy of 7 am, and waffle production was in full force by 7:30 am. It was a group of pretty tired boys that were heading home to hopefully catch up on sleep as we our boys set out to do Lego League and program robots for the upcoming challenge. Lukas and Noah spent the afternoon on the couch, napping and reading - and so did the parents - it has been a long time since either one of us pull an almost overnighter....

Lukas was very tired but also very content - he had a good celebration and that is all that matters. We are resting up in anticipation of next year's, as he is already planning and plotting. :-)