Cole's party

It occurred to me as I was posting Q's party that I had missed Cole's. So here it is. He had a camping party. No one spent the night (Bryan had summer school the next am), but we hung out for the evening. Bryan built a small fire pit in our yard and we roasted hot dogs and smores. We made marshmallow shooters out of pvc pipes and had contests to shoot them into cut outs of mouths. Our feet were sticky from the mallows, but it was well worth it, COle had a blast.

Q turns 5

Quentin had decided he wanted his first friend part to be all about firetrucks. We colored t-shirts. Q chose pizza and melon to eat. Bryan had also planned a tour with our local fire station. We talked with the guys on duty and sat in the engine. The kids loved it. When we came home we ate cake. A funny side story: I had worked on the cake for hours the previous 2 days without the kids noticing. All three came in just as Bryan was sticking on the hose and drawing the ladder (that was all he did). They were amazed and couldn't stop telling Bry how much they loved it. Great work Daddy.