Jasper's birthday in pictures

As you can see from yesterday's video, we had a small gathering in a nearby park for Jasper's birthday. There were about 12 adults, eight kids and four dogs in attendance. And we occasionally paused from mouthfuls of food and good conversations to actually take some pictures!


We took over two picnic tables -- marked by balloons -- for some sandwiches, drinks, chips, and eventually ...


... cupcakes!

Veronica and Leo wonder what Jasper is looking at.

Daddy and Fritz see each other for the first time in two years. (Fritz has been living in Southeast Asia.)

Mia, Steve and James talk about dogs ... presumably.


Jasper's candle nearly dwarfs his carrot cake cupcake!


At first things seem fine ...


... but eventually, panic sets in over this unusual headwear.


Once that pesky birthday hat has been removed, Jasper gets a small taste of sweets. (And greets it with a grimace, not pictured.)


A fun day for all ages!

Happy birthday Jasper!

The dust has settled on a number of Jasper birthday events, which we hope to be posting in the next couple days. Here's one video to get you started!

An early happy birthday

So yeah, we hijacked somebody else's birthday song for Jasper. We're not ashamed to say it.

Crawling, waving, "Aw mom!"

Little Sweeper

We call Jasper "Little Squeaker," but here it's more like Little Sweeper.

Fun with camera angles

Shoe-rrific

Okay, so Jasper has his back to the camera for over half this video. But it's still cute.