Robin Hood

I didn't mean for the last two posts to be so heavy. But we have had LOTS of fun over the last two weeks as we have prepared for and then partied with our now 6 year old!

We just had the party at our apartment complex's basketball courts. It was a sunny, beautiful day, which Johnny joked was because Luke and I prayed for a whole week that it would be sunny on his birthday party day. Have I mentioned that the sun is a bit of a rarity here?

This is our attempt at a good, quick picture of hyped up 5/6/7 year olds...

We shot arrows. One boy got a bullseye!

Then the boys and dads played capture the flag to retrieve the gifts that had been taken as taxes for "Prince John". The boys were successful. And capture the flag (gifts) worked relatively well for a first time attempt.

Of course we ate and Luke opened his gifts that he gave to some kids in the earthquake areas.

He "took from the rich" and "gave to the poor".

And then he opened his loot from his parents and nana and papa. He didn't go without.

We sent the gifts from the party off with our friend who will give it to a teacher in a school that lost everything in 2008. They are still building up their supplies...I was proud of Luke. It was a bit hard for him to part with a couple of the toys, but he did it anyway.

We left the next day for the mountains, which we'll post about soon...