What a Trooper!!!

Collin was a trooper yesterday. We had THREE birthday parties to go to. Two of them were for his friends that were turning 3 and the last one was for our friend that was turning 30...what a pup! He hung and had a great time at all three places without even having a nap in between. He was even the last kid to leave the last party (we left after 9:30pm).

The first party was mid-morning for Jacob who is a friend from school. We have played with him before on the weekends (Jacob is the reason Collin liked wearing his Superman cape around the house). When we arrived, the kids were in the backyard already playing with the water slide Jacob's mom got him. Collin was not interested and told me he was scared. We sat and watched the other kids on the slide until Collin was ready to try it himself. Once he tried it, he played on it most of the time we were there. He was even the last kid to sit at the table for lunch because he was having so much fun. At one point, he slid into the mud pit that the water slide had created. Besides the mud in his eyes which he wanted me to wipe off, he kept on going. Here he is on the slide.

A few pictures of lunch, cake and more fun.

We left Jacob's party to go home and take a nap, or so I thought. Collin already knew that we were going to Melia's house too for her party. When we got in the car, that's where he asked to go. I figured he would forget about this or at least fall asleep by the time we got home. He did neither. I still made him rest before heading to Melia's because I knew he had really only started his day.

We arrived to Melia's party late so the kids were already in the pool. Again, Collin was not interested in joining in until he had taken time to scope out the place and she who was there. Only then, did he get in the water. He chose to get in the spa section of the pool were no one else was. It did not take long for most of the other girls to join him. He was like a king....and did not even know it. Olivia, Rachel, Melia and another little girl joined him. Just like a boy, he started to splash, I mean flirt, with them. They did not like this so they started to splash back. After swimming about an hour, it was cake time again. Collin did not like this cake or the one at Jacob's party. He is like his Mommy in this area. We both prefer chips and dip over sweets any day. He got back in the pool a little before I told him we had to go. I got him dressed and he discovered Melia's little kitchen. He told me "I need to cook you some spaghetti in the microwave" so I could not make him leave after that. However, the spaghetti was taking way too long so we left anyway after telling everyone by.

We came home for the second shower of the day before Daddy met us to then leave for the last party of the day. We went to Angy and Jim's birthday party. Angy is a friend from the bike shop. She and I would cycle on the weekend for hours and hours. There was no way we could miss this party even though we might have been tired. There were a bunch of toddler boys there so Collin had a blast. He did spend most of the time watching the older boys throw the Frisbee outside or play the Wii inside. Collin found a Wii remote that was not being used and pretended to play the game. Both Daddy and I managed to get him to eat something since he had not really eaten most of the day. Then his buddy Ryan, who works at the bike shop, started to play with him. Collin started to get fussy so we knew it was time to go since we probably had pushed it already anyway. I had changed him into PJs hoping he would fall asleep in the car, which he didn't.

What a trooper he was. It did take him a little to wind down after we got home but he was in bed before 10pm. Collin is blessed to have so many friends.