The big day was on Sunday.  Both boys were very excited to have a joint birthday party.  We had invited their mutual friends and three friends each from their schools.  We chose the theme “Superhero” for the party as both Logan and Connor like playing the Marvels Xbox game together.  That morning we decorated the house with Superhero banners and balloons.  I put the final touches on the bite-sized desserts and plated out all the food.  Stuart went to pick up the cake and got the barbeque ready.  We were all set for the party except the bouncy house had not arrived at the time they promised.  I finally reached the delivery guy and was given an apology that he would be late.  Stuart and I were a bit stressed with that; by then, the first few families arrived.  Fortunately, the kids were occupied playing together inside the house and did not even notice that the jumpy house had not arrived.  The delivery guy finally came and had the inflatable set up, so we sent the kids out to play.  They seemed to have fun, but slowly one by one they returned to the house as it was hot out.  The rest of the time, the kids were just dispersed all over the house, some even were up on the slope in the yard for a little bit.  The kids took turns coming for snacks or popcorns, and after the adults had eaten, we decided to bring the kids down to have lunch.  Logan and Connor were joined by two friends to dine in the yard under the umbrella while the rest of the kids sat nicely in the family room to eat.  Quickly after they ate, they returned to the jumpy house to play.

     Later we gathered everyone again for cake this time.  I wanted to take a group photo, then another one with them wearing the masks we bought.  The kids were cooperative with my demanding requests.  Then everyone sang for the boys; Logan was a bit shy from that.  Some kids enjoyed the cake while others ran back upstairs to play.  At some point, we noticed a bunch of kids were chasing Big Ian and pretending he was the bad guy.  Ian was so patience with all the little kids.  Two and half hours later, some guests started to leave.  Connor was happy to give them the party favors that he and I had prepared. 

      Both Logan and Connor really had a great time at their party and with their friends.  They were also very excited to look at the presents they received.  They gathered all of them together, and they took turns opening and admiring each gift.  Logan was especially happy as he received something he really wished for, Minecraft items.  For the next 2 to 3 hours, the four of us went back and forth from playing at the jumpy house to putting together the Lego presents during breaks.  The boys played tags with Stuart inside the bouncy house for a long time, then I was tagged in to take his place, and we played “chaos tag” and “toilet tag”.  I was tired but actually had a great fun running around with them.  We made great use of this bouncy house.  At the end Logan also finished putting together the Minecraft Lego all on his own, and Connor also built a Star Wars transporter with help from Stuart.  We all were exhausted from the days events and called it a night earlier than usual.