Owen turned 8 in June and we had a few of his friends over to celebrate. He and Jacob put together obstacle courses and a list of activities to keep everyone entertained, but once they arrived it just turned into two hours of sweating and chaos from my point of view but according to Owen it was a lot of fun.
This was the end of the party when I decided that next year I'll just have the party somewhere where they do everything for you (like I do every year).
Owen likes school, math, Calvin and Hobbes (and reading in general), the comics, he loves competition, but not so much when he loses (mostly if it's to Jacob), he's helpful and capable and likes to solve problems and think about how things work and build things and antagonize his sister and also play with her now and then, he is shy but not shy, and he's a good friend and he's just... himself. That's Owen at 8.
