Lewis' birthday gathering.

Here are some photos from Lewis' mildly successful birthday party. We learned a good lesson, that we should've had a gathering of kids Lewis' age, not a hodge podge that included his older brother. And we sorta failed on the planning front, too. All of this was hopefully not too noticeable by our sweet four-year-old, who seemed to have a great time.

Too windy to light candles, so we staged the crucial candle blowing photo. Jessica made the cake her mother has made for all our birthdays, a super duper chocolaty cake with gobs of butter and a pound (or two) of chocolate.

Release the hounds!

Nominally successful kite flying.

Lewis, left, with his good friend Oscar.