Best Bud Koa

Logan has a buddy named Koa, they have been "friends" for a few years now. I put the term friends in quotes because these two were really more like, well, the best way to put it is...enemies. They stole trains and cars from each other, pushed, hit, kicked and always made each other cry. I am pretty sure Koa even blamed several messes at his house on Logan when we hadn't been over there in ages. As a first time mother to a boy, I continue to be told "oh that's what boys do". And I guess all these wise souls are right, because I now realize that all those tears was just of beginning an amazing friendship. Koa just celebrated his 4th birthday and of course we were there to help him celebrate.

Now since Koa is such a close friend, we actually spend the entire weekend celebrating with his family. The party started with the Holy Trinity Church Festival, now Lo and I do not go to Holy Trinity, nor does Lo go to school there BUT this is our 3rd year in a row going to their festival!!

Here is Kaian (Koa's older and wiser sister), Lo and Koa, riding in the car at the festival

Lo is a pretty fearless kid but when it came to getting on the spinning swings, he was NOT interested. Kaian talked him into it and even strapped him in, but he was not a fan , AT ALL. The more the swings went around, the more he slumped down in his seat (keep in mind, I despise the swings, I feel ill just thinking about them) until he finally started yelling "I WANT OFF' so the ride operator stopped the madness and let him off. For several days he told me that the swings "are dangerous, and not safe for kids"

The next day (Sat) was Koa's actual birthday party, it was race car themed and Lo even came home with a new drivers licence. To top off all the fun, there was a pinata, and here is Koa hitting it.

And Logan taking a crack at it. When all the prizes came out amidst all the candy and cars, Logan managed to find a set of pony tail holders. And he now will insist on a pony tail, just so he can use his prize.

Koa's birthday party also included an after party. All the kids partied in the garage until way past bedtime. We finally made them snuggle down together in Kaian's room. There is Lo, Kaian, Koa and Jayden. Such cute, happy, snugly friends. This is Lo's first sleep over where he slept with the kids and not with me. Sniff, sniff, when did he get so grown up???