This morning I took Connor to attend Reese’s 1st birthday party at Pump It Up Jr.  I anticipated that Connor would not be interested to play with jumpy houses without Logan being there, and I was right.  He was in happy mood, but was shy when being greeted.  He did not want to play at the jumpy houses, even after climbing up and sliding down with me once.  He was just content playing with a little car; I did not mind that at all, so both of us were just happy hanging out together.  He did cry once when I asked him to share the car with Bailey.  Before the end of the playtime, Connor suddenly decided it was time to go; he went to the shoe racks and were able to bring back his and my shoes.  Nela and I were trying to take pictures of Penny and Connor together.  The two of them ended up thinking that it was a game as they both tried to sit down, but quickly popped up to run to me.  They had fun doing that, but neither of us could get any pictures of both of them together.  After we moved to the eating room, Connor was content sitting with the other kids, eating few bites of pizza along with some fruits.  As soon as he saw the cupcakes being passed around, he cleared his foods from his plate to mine to get ready for the cupcake.  He enjoyed the cake and ate half of it.

   We returned home and hung out with daddy for a little bit, then Connor and I took a nap together.  In the afternoon, it was Logan’s turn to go to his classmate Hankyu’s party at the Little Gym.  We played in the yard after nap and took a walk, then it was time for Logan and I to head out.  Logan did not have much hesitation before entering the gym, but instead of doing the group thing, he was having fun running around and climbing up and down on his own.  After just a short while, a few of his friends joined him doing their own things; I even heard Logan calling his friends once and twice to ask them to join too.  The instructor had to re-direct them back to the group a few times, but Logan remained doing his own thing.  I had a couple of talks with him, even suggested leaving if he continued not participating, but Logan told me he wanted to stay.  I also had the mother of the birthday boy giving Logan’s name to the instructors so they could call him by name to return to the group.  Later on, Logan did find one of the activities interesting that he waited in line for it.  However as Logan was not as assertive as his friends, he kept remaining at the end of the long line, so he eventually lost his interest and returned to the sideline to play.  Toward the end, he did finally participate with the rest of the kids.  He sat with his buddy Rohan during the eating time, and had a blast playing with him while eating.  It was finally not pizza at this kind of parties, so I enjoyed my dinner there while chatting with some mothers too. 

   We came home just in time to play with Connor for a little bit before their bath and bedtime.