Connor was so excited with his birthday that we finally decided to have a small gathering to celebrate for him.  We turned in the reservation request to the cabana club a week before the big date and we did not receive confirmation until after my multiple calls on Friday.  It was frustrating; fortunately beside that, everything else went well.

    As soon as his birthday was over, Connor concentrated talking about his party.  He wanted to make sure we got everything we needed.  He kept reminding me during Logan’s basketball game on Sat morning that we needed to pick up the cupcakes afterward.  He wanted to make sure we remembered to bring the balloons and the goodies bags to the party.  We meant to walk over the cabana club 15 minutes before the start time, but we were a few minutes behind schedule and the first family had already arrived, the Merons.  We quickly walked over, and the Kaos were getting out of their car.  Once we walked into the club, we realized that our reserved site was not reserved as they should be, but since our party was small, we were fine just using the the few opened tables to get set up.  Connor seemed a bit taken back by the attention from friends, so he just sat on the bench watching us setting up.  Logan and Mckayla were hanging out together, and I was told that Logan gave Mckayla a tour to show her around.  At first all the kids were spread out in different areas, but somehow they all gathered playing in the wading pool not long later.  Connor warmed up and joined the crowd too.  The Gopals then arrived; Rohan then jumped in to the pool and played with everyone.  We were lucky that the club was quiet and basically our kids had the wadding pool to themselves almost the entire time.  It was a hot day yesterday, but the kids were fine in water while the adults stayed in shade whenever we could.  The daddies got to hung out on their own for awhile and the mommies and I chatted while watching the kids. 

     The kids stopped playing a couple of times for food.  The kids seemed to have fun moving around the tables and the bench while they ate, and the others tried to follow.  Connor was doing that too, and poor Raz kept following him but was not very successful.  Connor finally settled in in the middle of the adults and so Raz could finally sit down and eat her food too.  Later we gathered the kids again for the cupcakes.  Connor was distracted by a little owie on his thumb but he managed to enjoy the birthday song and blowing the candle.  While we enjoyed the cupcakes, Kathy, Chris, Ian, Kira and Kaia came to join us after Kira’s recital.  Logan and Connor were happy to see Ian and kept rushing him to finish eating to go play with them.  The kids ran around playing tag with each other on the grass then returned to the playground to play some more.  After a few hours of playing, our guests slowly left to go home.  We then packed up to wrap up the fun party too.

     Connor had a great time.  He enjoyed playing in the water and at the playground with his friends as well as passing out the goodies bags to them too.  He was telling everyone that he is now four years old, but once he told Auntie Michelle that he is “one million two thousands years old”.  Today while we went back to swim in the afternoon, he looked over the party area and said to me “It was a good idea to have my birthday party there”.  So mature sounding… I guess Connor is growing up!

    Here are all the photos from Connor’s birthday festivities.