Birthday Lars

Lars holding one of his gifts from Grandparents.....

Lars had his Birthday WEEKEND last Saturday and Sunday.....while I was off swooning at the Stoffmarkt in Ludwigsburg, Alistair and the kids were baking and getting ready for Lars' Nerf Party set for Saturday afternoon.

I cannot say ENOUGH good things, by the way, about how enjoyable it is to come home and find all the messy prep work done for a child's party.  I got home from the fabric bazaar with 90 minutes to spare -- just in time to swoop in and receive all the credit. 

ha ha ha! :-)

12 year old boys are easy crowd, as well.....they were happy with a buffet of American Snacks.  This was  very, very simple to produce:

Toll House Cookies

Chex Mix

Cheddar Rice Cakes

Taquitos

Mini Pizzas....so successful they disappeared before my eyes.


Now we come to the REAL REASON that 12 year old boys are so easy to please:

Overflowing Nerf Weapons and Ammo. 

With.....

.....a license to shoot at each other, and a 2 hour reprieve from me saying: 

{Insert Mom-Voice Here:}  why don't we make some TARGETS so that we're not actually pretending to shoot one another?  No?  You don't like that idea?  Let's try it anyway.....here, I have a few old flower pots we can hang from the tree.  See?  This will be fun!!!! 

:-)

Surprise, surprise....boys usually turn down that good offer.  

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This Is Lars:

I had a very good time with my friends. I also got great presents:

2 Lego sets from Nana, Papa and Uncle Eric,

a book and money from Gran and Grandpa ,
a Lego book from one of my friends,
a bag of bullets and chocolate from another friend,
an eraser from Eliza
and a new nerf gun from Mom and Dad.

The next day I went to Legoland with my Dad and one of my best friends here.  He gave me a robot that moves on two brushes.  :-)   We had fun.