For Logan’s 5th birthday we decided to have a party at JCC (a community center) yesterday.  We invited ours and Logan’s friends.  We arrived at 10:30am with some fruits, snacks, cake and balloons.  The organizer met us at the entrance to help bring everything in.  The playground was set up nicely with two jumpy houses and a long decorated table.  Logan did not waste much time and started climbing up the structures.  Connor wanted to try out the jumpy house but complained that the fabric was too hot, so he ended up just hanging out with me and setting up things.  Right at party starting time, Mckayla and Michelle arrived.  Then shortly after, many more people slowly trickled in, Colton, Brandon, Peyton, Ashlyn, Cameron, Colby, Caleb, Abby, Rohan, Bar, Raz, Hunter, Ian, Kira, Hailey, Ashley, Kasey and all the parents.  Some of us started eating, like Connor.  He wanted to eat fruits and Sun chips, but refused pizza.  We suggested that he sit down with Peyton to eat but he wanted Raz to sit with him too.  He was sort of attached to me during the party and kept wanting me to sit with him, but I had to find ways to walk around to talk with our guests.  On the other hand, Logan spent most of his time in the jumpy houses with Colton and Rohan.  All three of them were giggling, climbing, pretend shooting and bouncing inside.  They were moving so much that I barely could take pictures to them.  They also played with the other boys Ian and Brandon briefly too.  This was probably one of the most fun I have seen Logan have at a party; I was pleased to see that.  It was quite warm yesterday and as a result Logan was very sweaty.  The only times we saw Logan was when he came to us for water and when we asked him to do the cake.
    We all gathered around Logan for a few pictures and the birthday song, then Logan and the boys immediately excused themselves back to playing.  The rest of us enjoyed some cupcakes. Connor ate an entire cupcake by himself.  After being at the playground area for an hour and a half, we all slowly migrated to the poolside.  Logan did not really want to move away from the jumpy houses initially, but the hunger finally hit him and so he happily moved one box of cheese pizza with him to the table by the pool and started eating.  At that point, few more guests arrived, Alex and Marcus.  Logan, Colton and Connor all chowed down some food while the guests prepared and went into the pool.  Some kids had to take a swim test to prove their proficiency while others stayed in the water with their parents.  We finally moved Logan and Connor to the pool but neither of them were interested to go into the water with Stuart.  They ended up staying by the steps with me playing with the pool toys.  Logan continued playing with Colton while Connor tossed the water rings for Mckayla and Peyton to fish out. 
      An hour of water time ended.  We all showered and migrated back to the party table to eat some more.  We then started saying byes to our guests and Connor liked helping to pass out the pirate gift bags to the kids.  We packed up to end this fun-filled two and half hour party for our big boy Logan.