Happy Birthday Barrett!

Connor attended his first "big boy" birthday party today. It was for his friend Barrett who turned 4. We went to high school with Barretts mom and the kids go to the same day care.

Connor was so excited. All morning he kept saying Happy birthday Barrett!. He got a little bit confused when he realized that only he and I were going. He thought we were all going. On the way there, I told him that Daddy was staying home with Jackson and Sawyer...and I was going with him. He told me all about what he wanted to do when we got there. He wanted to play with trains...and race tracks and cars. When I told him that other kids would be there, he was crestfallen. When we walked in the doors, he looked so sad. In his mind, he thought it would just be he and Barrett playing. He was incredibly disappointed when he saw the train table moved out of the way and covered with decorations. For the first 20 minutes, he clung to me. His face was so telling...this was not what he thought it would be.

Eventually, he warmed up to the whole thing. He played with is friends, even took a good whack at the pinata. By the end, he didn't really want to go home. As we were leaving Barrett gave each of his friends a present to take home. Connor was so excited! He said good bye to Barrett, gave him a hug (at my suggestion) then headed for the door.

We held hands on the way to the car. He was so full of joy, I could see it oozing out his ears. When we got in the car, he immediately asked if he could open the present. Since we were heading to Costco I told him sure. He ripped and tore through that wrapping paper like it was his job. He gave me the play by play...mommy, it's a book...mommy, it has fish on it....mommy there's an octopus....The whole time at Costco he sat in the cart and read his book. He was so good the whole time. When we were in line, he wanted me to tell the man next to us that he was my oldest son. Too cute. On the way home, he told me he was tired...within seconds he was fast asleep.

Jackson and Sawyer had a great time with their Daddy. Jackson enjoyed almost entire day with the entire play room to himself. He loved it!

On a side note...Connor and Jackson had a great time yesterday. We spent most of the afternoon in our new blow up pool. Pop Pop came over and played with us. It was great. After that, we sat at the kitchen table and painted. Jackson wanted the green paint. It's his favorite by far. He seemed to really enjoy painting and picking the colors. Connor wanted blue. He told us he was painting a mask...like spiderman. He painted his nose and forehead...and his left arm. He loved it!

Oh, another thing...last Saturday night Craig called me to tell me a cute thing about Jackson. They were sitting in Connor's room reading books when Jackson looked up at the wall. We have the letters to Connor's name hanging there. Jackson looked up and said....E-O-N-N-O-R. Impressive. We're not sure if he just memorized it...or if he really recognizes the letters. I think he may be learning his letters. This week we were watching Sesame Street and the letter N was on the screen. Jackson shouted out "N". So cool.