Pictures from Logan's birthday + party

Because Logan's birthday fell on a Thursday this year, we planned his party for the following Saturday. His birthday itself was pretty awesome. He felt special with the phone calls and boxes of presents arriving in the mail. I made the requested lasagna and smashed potatoes (I love both of those foods, but even typing them out as a pair feels wrong) and we had some cupcakes that were lovingly made by Chris.

The party was a superhero party and it was quite a success, especially since last year he told people after his birthday that his party wasn't that fun and he didn't enjoy it very much. Parents of the year, yo. This year we got a heap of kids from his class, played Pin the Shield on Superman, Balloon Sandwich, and some bastardized versions of tag and freeze tag which involved Ironman and Spiderman vs. Venom. Good times, good times.

It turned out to be a beautiful day, a good turnout of kids, and things went quite smoothly (aside from Declan not enjoying not being the center of attention and pouting, saying he quits). Games, pizza, cake & ice cream, and presents later, the kids were ready to go home and everyone was happy. Logan has flourished at school and made quite a few friends, and it was pleasant to see them all together.






Did I mention Logan has a girlfriend? Her name is Reece. She's the little blonde girl clapping behind Logan on his left in the above picture. I've tried to ask questions about her without embarrassing him, and all I can surmise is that it's a typical kindergarten crush where they have no idea why they like each other and they probably don't actually talk or pay attention to each other at school. Chris asked Logan if he thought Reece is cute, and he got this look on his face where it seemed like he wanted to say yes but couldn't quite bring himself to admit it to anyone. We let it drop.