I attended an all day diabetes conference with Robyn and Michelle yesterday, so Stuart had to take care of the boys on his own.  The plan was to attend Ashlyn’s 3rd birthday party at Chuck E Cheese in the morning.  According to Stuart, once they arrived at the party, the boys said hello and happy birthday to Ashlyn, then immediately they wanted to go play.  It was a bit tough for Stuart to stay with both boys as they were interested in different games, so Stuart stayed with Connor and just remotely kept an eye on Logan at times.  Logan told me that he enjoyed playing with the shooting games, and Connor just played with a variety.  They all got back together to have pizza, and sang birthday song to Ashlyln.  Logan apparently did not care to eat the cake as he wanted to return to the game area.  Connor, on the other hand, was standing right next to the cake, watching it being served to everyone and was happy when he finally had a piece.  Connor also told me that he cried when he saw the “Chuck E Cheese” mascot when he came out to say hello to everyone; he told me “Me scared!”. 

     The conference I attended was good, and it was even better when we realized that we could leave earlier at 3:15pm instead of 5pm.  When I returned home, the boys were just coming out of the house to play in the yard.  We were happy to see each other.  They both were excited to show me their party favors from Ashlyn; Logan received a stuffed Pluto and Connor got a stuffed Minnie.  We took a short walk around the neighborhood, then returned home to get ready for the next birthday party.

    We arrived at the Japanese restaurant for a dinner party to celebrate Kasey’s 3rd birthday.  The boys were happy to see the girls, Hailey, Ashley and Kasey.  Once everyone arrived, we all settled down at the tables.  When the starters arrived, Logan enjoyed eating most of the gyoza on our end of the table and Connor tried one of the sushi too.  We then ordered our meals and everyone had a great dinner.  Since the party was in a private room, the kids were allowed to run around.  Our boys and the three girls were playing Nimbo together while little Hunter just walked around them and observed.  Then it was time to sing to Kasey and time for ice cream cake.  Logan and Connor enjoyed every bit of the cake on their plates.  Connor even tried to ask Auntie DeeDee for more too.  They then ran around the room to burn off the sugar high before we said our thanks and goodnights.

     On our way home, Connor was reminiscing the day by singing the Happy Birthday song over and over again.  He sang it to Ashlyn and Kasey initially, then at the end, he changed to “Happy Birthday Chuck E Cheese”.  He was giggling at his own silliness.