Yesterday was Theresa and Martin’s big day.  The ceremony was at noon time, so we had time to go shopping in the morning and pick up lunch.  When we arrived home, I got the boys settled in for lunch, then got dressed and headed to the ceremony on my own.  I arrived early enough to say hello to the bride, then got seated to witness their nuptials.  After the ceremony, we all went in for a large group photo before I headed home to join the boys again.

     At 5:30pm, the babysitter Mollie arrived at the apartment to take over the boys for us.  We chatted with her briefly, then Stuart and I were ready to go on our way.  Connor was holding on to our legs until the end and cried as we had expected.  Logan seemed fine and politely said hello to Mollie when she arrived.

     Stuart and I enjoyed the evening.  It was a nice drive over to the reception site at Pleasanton.  It was great seeing and chatting with the newlyweds and our friends.  We enjoyed the d’oeuvres and a wonderful sit-down dinner.  There were some good speeches and a fun photobooth that I attended with a couple different groups.  Stuart and I also had a chance to get on the dance floor for a little bit before we headed home.  Congrats to Theresa and Martin!

    We arrived home shortly after 11pm and received an update from Mollie.  Connor stopped crying quickly after we left and was good the rest of the night.  They all played with some toys, ate dinner and took a walk around in the apartment complex before bedtime routine.  Mollie told us that Connor talked a lot with her, and both boys behaved well for her.  It was glad to hear that the boys had a good evening too.

     Connor was so obsessed with trains and going to Rohan’s house this weekend that he drove us crazy.

     On Saturday we rode the light rails for fun in the morning, and the boys were very excited with the train ride.  They enjoyed sitting in the train and looking outside.  We stopped at downtown and shopped around, then hopped back on the train to go to the mall for more walking and to have lunch.  When we returned home from the whole adventure, Connor immediately asked to ride the train again.  He even woke up from a nap asking for trains too.

     As soon as we told the boys about going to Rohan’s house on Sunday, Logan was so happy that he gave me the biggest smile and was extra cooperative prior to the visit.  Connor was so excited that he kept asking non-stop about it since 6:30am.  On the drive over to their house, the two of them talked almost the entire way deciding who would be in which team for their play.  The three boys, Rohan, Logan and Connor, started running around in the house as soon as they saw each other.  When the girls, Bar and Raz, arrived, they went outside to play in the bouncy water house.  Logan and Connor were the last two to jump into play as expected but they all had fun.  Then they returned inside the house to play and eat.  Logan basically hung out with Rohan most of the time while Connor played with everyone.  A couple of times we heard Bar said “Connor, come upstairs with us”, and Connor immediately dropped what he was doing and said “ok”.  The day was quite relaxing that we ended up staying until 5pm before we headed home.  Connor never showed any tiredness from the 6.5 hours of playing and from the skipped nap, and he did not even fall asleep during the ride home like Logan did.  As soon as we left their house, Connor started asking when we would return to Rohan’s house already.

     Shortly after we woke up this morning, Connor began asking to ride a train and to go to Rohan’s house.  We decided to go to Oak Meadow park in the morning and Connor was drawn to the choo choo sound as soon as we arrived.  So he and I went for the ride while Logan chose to go play at the playground.  It was a long line due to the holiday, but Connor did not mind waiting at all.  He looked very content yet serious during the anticipation.  He was excited to finally get on the train and waved to everyone.  He was especially thrilled when we were surprised by Logan and Stuart waving to us during our ride. 

     Connor finally stopped asking to go to Rohan’s house when I told them that we would be going to Mckayla and Marcus’s house in the afternoon.  The boys were cooperative to take a nap or have quiet time so we were relatively punctual with our meeting time at the Kaos.  We swam in the pool for awhile.  Logan had fun playing with the water shooter on the side of the pool, but finally asked to go into the boat.  Connor did not mind coming into the boat right away, and later even asked to be at the front of the boat to drive it too.  He had fun kicking around, but he was the first to ask to come out of the water.  After cleaning up, Connor wanted to ride his bike which motivated Marcus to ride his same bike too.  The two of them rode around in the tennis court for awhile until the dinner was served.  All the kids sat together at the kid table to have pulled pork burritos.  They were talking silly to each other that they had such a great fun.  We attempted to change their topic of conversation but was not very successful.  We had some yummy dinner on our own while the kids moved on to play inside the house.  Connor came out to see us periodically and played us some music with the toy keyboard.  We called it a night at 7:30 so we could go home to get ready for a school day tomorrow.

    Connor has finally stopped asking for the train or to go to Rohan’s house after such a busy day.