April 11th: Rein celebrates his 8th birthday playing laser tag

He woke up at 7 a.m. on Sunday asking when we were leaving for "Darklight", the laser tag joint we were going to that day for his birthday party. This was a two year old dream finally come true for him. Needless to say, he was excited! The minutes ticked by slowly for him but we were finally adding the
finishing touches to his
birthday cake and packing up to go.
Darklight was a half hour away and we were asked "When are we going to be there?" probably a dozen times. He meditated in the car chanting "I will be the best at laser tag". When we arrived his friends from his class showed up soon after. Including Silka there were 12 kids. We were soon suited up in our vests and laser blasters and we started playing. The darkness and somewhat scary faces
on the walls were
too much for Silka so I took her out and we played a "Dance" arcade game while we waited for the boys. The "boys' included Tom and one other father...
 After the first game, we took a break for a meal - yes, the standard hot dogs/chicken nuggets - and for Rein to open his presents. Then they played their second game and then they ate cake. It was loud, nerve-rattling for some, super-charged fun!! Tom was the last to emerge and said he got lost.......