Logan's Birthday Party

Just looking through the old posts realized I gave an entire weekend of posts to Brandon and have completely neglected Logan. Isn't it usually the second child gets less photos and the parents are always behind on their scrapbook? Well, I am definitely not part of the norm.

So I am going to make it up to Logan by sharing his birthday weekend with all of you. If we have a gathering for the boys' birthdays, we choose to keep it small and/or do it someplace else. It is just too chaotic to have it in the house, not to mention the weather is usually unpredictable to have something outside. Well, again, we through the norm out the window. We had a few of Logan's friends and their families over for a bbq.

Not sure how much entertainment a houseful of 7 year olds would require, we decided to come up with a treasure hunt for all the kids. While the boys and I were out getting ready for the party, Brian used his strategic planning experience to come up with maps for all the kids and placed treasure along the street for each of them to find. There was really no winner determined, but that certainly didn't stop them from racing down the hill.

While the kids were on their treasure hunt, Brian was inside getting the hamburgers and hot dogs ready, so that we didn't have too much time for them to get hungry and whiny. In between all the activities, all of the kids managed to pile on the trampoline. It was amazing their were no major injuries.

The fire blazing in the background was used for s'mores, which all the kids and adults completely enjoyed. If I didn't have marshmallows and chocolate all over myself, I would have had some great pictures. But I too, was enjoying s'mores with the rest of them. And of course, a birthday party is not complete without cake, so on top of all the sugar from the s'mores, we gave the kids some cupcakes and then sent them on their way with their parents. Actually most of the kids were running around the house with the balloons and the nerf guns, so I think most of them were tired by the time they went home. After the fun was over, we were left with (an almost) 7 year old.