Camping Party Round 2

Tonight we celebrated Matthew's birthday with some friends from his class. He wanted a camping party like his sister, but I strongly feel second graders are not ready for sleepovers, especially those that take place in a tent in the backyard. So he accepted the compromise to do everything but the sleeping-over part.They made their own trail mix, ate hot dogs, and ran around like crazy. There was also a campfire, marshmallows, and s'mores of course. Post-party Matthew had a hoarse voice (from so much excited screaming and yelling), and he's so exhausted we just caught him sleepwalking. And right after the party he said, "We forgot to have cake!" I reminded him there was no cake, only s'mores. "I didn't get one!" So yeah, he had such a good time running around with his friends he completely missed the campfire in the middle of the patio. Such an 8 year old boy! Ha!

The big hit of the party was when Brian helped them put together their own marshmallow shooters out of PVC. They had a blast with those, and tomorrow we're going to pick up the hundreds of marshmallows around the yard that the ants haven't gotten to yet.

I'm glad he had a good party with his buddies. We don't have many photos because it's difficult to capture good shots of 7 and 8 year old boys and they require far more supervision, especially around fires, than Elizabeth and her friends. We did our best.

Luke, Eli, Dane, Alex, Jeremy, Andy, Matthew, Grahm

Happy Birthday to Matthew!