We attended Tyler and Tyson’s 5th birthday party at the AVAC on Saturday afternoon.  Our boys did not quite remember the place (where they used to take swim lessons) until we dropped into the area.  Shortly after we arrived at the party, all the kids got ready to enter to pool area.  Both Logan and Connor were hesitant to go in the water initially, but once Logan realized the water was nice and warm, he was happy to sit at the stairs.  Connor later followed his lead.  After a few photos taken at poolside, Tyler, Tyson and Marcus started swimming around.  Logan discovered that the entire area was quite shallow, so he let his guard down and started enjoying his time.  Connor was comfortable too, but he preferred walking along the pool side holding on to the edge.  He explored all the way to the far ends of each side, and he seemed to be making friends with the lifeguards on both ends too.  Logan was comfortable putting his head in the water and did not mind going down to fish out the diving toys.  I once encouraged Connor to try to do the same; he tried a couple of times but ended up drinking water.  Then he suddenly used his foot to fish out the ring and brought it up to the surface, and said “Here, mommy!”.  He was proud of what he did and he made me laughed!

   The rest of the hour, all the kids had a great time in the pool.  Both Logan and Connor spent quite a bit of time playing and collecting the floating toys.  Before the end of the swim time, Stuart took both kids out for a quick shower and dry off as Logan wanted to return to water after eating.  The boys had good appetite; Logan ate three thin slices of pizza along with many tiny egg rolls while Connor ate a couple slices of pizza and quite a bit of fruits.  After having a full stomach, Logan decided not to return to the water, so Stuart changed both boys out of their trunks.  We hung out at the table until it was time for the birthday song for the twins and the cake.  Connor loved the cake and almost ate the whole slice, but Logan only took a bite and passed.  A few more minutes later, it was time for us to go home, so we wrapped up and said goodbyes to everyone.