All the birthday celebrations

 We had Owen's birthday party with school friends this past weekend and it was really nice to see all of the boys all together having fun playing some games. They are really a good group of kids and it's interesting to see them mature; while we were playing all the games there were some still hesitant to go play, although less than in previous years, and of course there were a few instances of tears but again, less than previously. It's definitely funny to watch their dynamics because it seems like they each have a few others that they pay attention to and other than those few kids they really don't pay any attention to what is going on. Owen didn't even realize afterwards everyone who had been at the party, which I guess is my signal that I should have made him at minimum say hello and goodbye to everyone who attended. They kind of get like squirrels in a big exciting environment, running around and not really paying attention to what is going on around them. 

As always though, fun to watch them grow and change and so hard to believe that we have a big seven year old kid, I know it will be a blink of an eye and he'll be eight.