Connor had a busy day today as he had two birthday parties to attend; they both were for his current classmates.  Connor was very excited about these parties; other than writing birthday cards to them, he even made some drawings.  This morning we started with Dylan’s party at Golfland.  Connor happily said goodbye to daddy and Logan as we left the house.  We were the first guest to arrive, and Connor followed Dylan and his bigger brother Anthony to get a club and onto the course.  Dylan was not interested to play; he just wanted to watch us and carry the present we gave him.  Anthony started the first hole and Connor followed behind.  He listened to all my verbal advice, and patiently made his attempts to hit the ball.  He took his time hitting gently and had some good contacts.  Later more friends arrived and it became slightly more chaotic.  Connor chatted with his classmates, but he continued following Anthony to go through each hole.  He even did as well as Anthony and got a Hole in One with the tower one.  Half way through, Connor needed to use the bathroom, but when we returned, he insisted to return to the next hole.  Fortunately the course was not busy, so we could cut right back in.  He enjoyed hitting off at each tee and occasionally picked up after a few tries at the end of the hole, but he finished all the way to 18 and insisted putting the ball into the final basket.  We then joined the group for pizza and cake.  Before we left, Connor borrowed a club and a ball, and hit a couple more holes before we said our thank you and goodbye.

    After a break, we were onto the second party.  This classmate Audrey has a brother Jake who is in Logan’s class, therefore, the mom invited Logan to attend too.  Both kids said goodbye to Daddy as I drove them off to a nearby racquet and swim club where the party was held.  Unfortunately today was cool and cloudy, therefore going into the water seemed quite chilly.  Logan immediately told me that he was not interested while Connor seemed tempted.  As soon as Connor saw his classmates, he did not mind joining them in the water.  Logan saw some water guns and became more motivated.  They both were standing on the steps in the shallow end of the pool happily shooting water.  Before long, Logan got wet by other kids shooting at him, he got too cold and wanted out.  I was not going to force him, so I did not mind cuddling him with a towel and enjoying snack while we chatted with a mom.  Connor was totally having a good time in either the big pool or in the Jacuzzi along with his friends.  Later the host planned to do a water gun fight; Logan, as well as Connor, were more than happy to join in.  All the kids had a blast running around and shooting water at each other on the lawn.  When the game was over, all the kids returned to the pools and Logan joined Jake to play ping pong.  They had fun playing for a long time until it was time for cake.  Before then, Connor had enough of being in water, so I changed his top as well.  We sang to Audrey and Connor enjoyed a second birthday cake of the day.  While the kids were eating, I then realized that Logan and Jake were building forts on the lawn using aerobic risers.  I took Connor to check on them, and he got in the game too.  They had fun pretending being in a fort and in a tank, and throwing a ball at each other.  Afterward they returned to ping pong until I finally was tired and got all our belongings to take the boys home.