The boys were very excited about Stuart’s birthday on Tuesday.  Connor had been planning some little details for over a week.  He drew daddy a nice card, he wrapped up some cookies from our pantry, and he decorated the game room with Happy Birthday signs to surprise daddy.  Logan came in to help decorate as well.  It was funny to watch the two of them wanting to give daddy a surprise but yet kept drawing attention to it.  They told Stuart not to go to the game room as they were cleaning it and kept saying that it was still very messy. 

    On his birthday I took the day off; Stuart and I went shopping to get him some outfits for his upcoming trip.  We had a fun time and a productive shopping day. When we picked the boys up at school, they wanted to rush home to take Stuart up to the game room.  Beside the birthday celebration, Logan had an additional reason to be excited.  He was looking forward to playing the board game, one of the gifts, we had for Stuart.  He was definitely thrilled when Stuart opened that present.  Afterward, we all headed out to Connor’s soccer practice.  At the end of the day, we also enjoyed an ice cream cake to wrap up a special day for Stuart.