party on dudes

Proto had a birthday party yesterday.

While I have been (most of the time) successfully parenting boys for 8+ years now, I seriously underestimated the "boyish" way the boys would go through my party games. What I figured would take an hour to complete, took a total of about 30 minutes. I quickly threw together a last minute game that I had only "sort of " thought about, stretching the fun another 10 minutes. Then I fed the boys lots of sugar in the form of "Push Pops" and cupcakes then told them to just "play in the yard". I figure the key to a successful kid party is being flexible!

The sugar filled/hyper/birthday dude/crazed/eye closed/ boy in the blue shirt is Proto.

We also participated in our first ever Little League Baseball game last night. Rooney hit the ball every time he went up and also ran home a couple of times! Way to go!