We went to a gymnastic place this morning to attend Marcus’s birthday party.  We arrived at the same time as the birthday boy, so we talked with Marcus & family and walked around the gym for a bit before the party started.  We had come to this gym once last year for another birthday party, thus we were familiar with the areas.  Once the party started, both Logan and Connor did not want to participate as we expected.  Fortunately the gym allowed the parents to be with the kids this time, so I held Connor’s hand while convincing Logan to follow the activity instruction.  We ran around the parachute along with the music, and attempted to do what we were told.  After at least five minutes, the boys finally warmed up a little bit and I could see glimpse of smiles from them.  Stuart tagged in while I tagged out to take some pictures.  When the instructor led all the kids and parents underneath the parachute for fun, the ice finally broke and the boys were fully into the play.  Especially Connor, he seemed to be really paying attention, sitting and following the instructor as told.  Logan loved to climb up and down the huge blocks, and Connor followed his steps too.  When we moved on to the other part of the gym, they both loved running on the trampoline and had so much fun jumping into the foam pool.  Connor was careful; he chose to climb into the pool rather than jumping in like all other kids.

     They continued on playing in the gym for probably more than an hour, then we cleaned up to start the pizza party.  Everyone was hungry and happy to sit down to eat.  After eating almost two slices, Connor was eyeing the cupcakes, but he did wait patiently until we all sang the birthday song to Marcus.  Connor enjoyed the chocolate cake after I removed the icing; Logan actually declined having any cake as he had almost three slices of pizza.  Afterward Michelle passed out the party gifts for all the kids.  Connor picked a stuffed Woody with a little bit of my persuasion (instead of Jessie).  Logan wanted a dinosaur but was happy when he found a stuffed horse in the basket.  We then said our thanks and goodbyes as we took Logan and Connor home for a well earned nap.