Sibling bonding lights up the weekend
Sibling aggression was vented through blasts of light Friday evening in Finch Fieldhouse.
For many Sibings Weekend participants, day one was spent running from one blow up barricade to the next, with a modified paint ball gun in hand and victory in mind.
Laser Tag was available from 5-9 p.m. Friday where 12 kids played 10 minute rounds against one another.
Adam Courtis, 15, of Port Huron enjoyed his laser tag experience so much, he waited in line to play three times.
Other participants had family grudges to settle like Emily Glatz, 8, of Wyandotte Michigan. Emily said her plan was to “destroy” her brother, Nick, 11. However, Nick’s 13 recorded hits helped his team defeat his sisters’.
Oldest sister and Central Michigan University freshmen Kayla Glatz, 18, said she was just happy to spend time with her two siblings.
For other participants, Friday night was their first time playing laser tag.
The Hamed family, who are Jordan natives but are now living in mid-Michigan, played their first game of laser tag together as a family. Six-year-old twins Samir and Osama Hamed took arms against their parents claiming their first ever laser tag victory.
“We wanted to just have fun and enjoy our first time playing laser tag,” said Duha Hamed, mother of Samir and Osama.
Guadalupe Gonzales, employee of Kramer Entertainment which puts on the laser tag event, said he loves working events like Siblings Weekend.
“I enjoy the kids’ enjoyment—watching them run around with (smiles) on their faces. They don’t even really know what direction to shoot, but they are having fun.”
