Tobin’s 4th Birthday Parrrrrty

Tobin requested a “pirate party” for his birthday on rather short notice, so we didn’t go all out on the theme but had a few pirate-y decorations and pirate-y activities. Most notably, a blow-up sword fight on a wooden plank. Years of hard work turning our kids into cooperating pacifists were overcome within minutes. At first, Mika dominated the scene – but she got defeated by fearless Edie (!)  After the duels were over, little Sasha took off with a sword, and Nara practiced balancing the plank. Check out Tobin’s pirate door sign he drew for the party … arrrr!

(Note: the camera settings accidentally changed to some exotic preset. Every single picture that day, taken at 3200 ISO (!), turned out grainy, with way too much contrast and a wacky color profile. So frustrating, but this is what i salvaged through camera raw adjustments. Still, anybody who wants hires files, be prepared for a pixelstorm.)