We attended the CCM holiday at a hotel this year.  We dressed up and got ready to go.  Connor was excited to wear dress shirt and was pleased to look at himself in the mirror.  We brought a couple of presents with us to the party, one for the gift exchange and the other one for Toys for Tots donation.  It had taken a few talks with the boys before they understood the donation and agreed to buy a gift for a child in need.  We arrived at the hotel following the Kaos and so we conveniently sat along with them.  Connor and I went around the room to say hello to some people.  Then the Kaos and us started taking photos at the photo booth.  Logan and Connor were not as excited as Mckayla and Marcus were, but they managed to wear some hats and took a couple of photos.  Throughout the night, Connor’s interest grew and had taken a few more, with Mckayla and Marcus or with me, but Logan declined any further shots.   

     The buffet began to serve, and we all sat down and had a good meal.  Connor was eyeing the cupcakes but he knew that he should finish his dinner first.  As soon as Michelle mentioned that Marcus was ready for cake, it immediately caught Connor’s attention and his eyes brightened.  Both Logan and Connor did not care for the icing, and Logan ate just a few bites of the cupcake while Connor ate the whole thing.  Logan did have a few tastes of my slice of chocolate mousse cake.  Throughout the night, they were raffling off prizes.  The boys had fun looking at the numbers on our tickets with Stuart and exaggerating their disappointment.  But finally when our number was called, especially since it was for a box of cookies, the boys were excited.  They actually came out from the table with me to receive our prize.  Everyone was happy for them, and they received a big applause.  After that, they did not want to let the big box of cookies down and took turns hugging it.  The dance floor was also opened in between the drawings.  Mckayla and Marcus had so much fun dancing and playing with each other, later some other people joined them too.  Logan and Connor were interested to go out to the floor to watch.  Connor did warm up and danced a little bit with us and did a bootie shake on his own too which I caught on video.

     The Kaos left first.  Since the boys were still having fun and I was waiting for the gift exchange, we stayed longer.  Just when Logan seemed tired and we considered leaving, the exchange was about to begin.  So Connor and I joined the rest of the guests on the dance floor to participate.  Connor was intrigued watching people opening presents.  When it was our turn, we walked around the opened gifts but decided to go for a wrapped one.  He was happy helping me opened the gift, and we were happy with what we received.  The exchange continued on, and our gift got stolen quickly, so we had to make our decision.  I was reminded that there was a toy out there “Battleships”, so I stole it from someone and Connor was proud to hold the box for us.  Later Logan came over to check out what we received and he was as happy as Connor holding the box too.  Once the exchange was over, it was definitely time for us to say goodbyes to everyone and left home.  It was a late outing for the boys, 10:15pm,

     This morning Connor talked about the party last night.  He recalled receiving two presents but he did talk about someone stealing our present before we got ours.  He also begged to go to a company party again.