Birthday Party x 2!

We had two birthday parties to go to today.  One was for Melia and the other for Mila.  How confusing is that, right?  They both turned 5.

We first went to Melia's party at Monkey Buziness.  Collin wanted to wear a monkey shirt because he was going to the monkey place.  Even though he did not know anyone there, including not remembering the birthday girl, he had a great time climbing and sliding for an hour before the pizza and cake was served.  At one point, he was in one of the bouncing things throwing balls over the top to try and hit me.  I threw them back to do the same to him.  The other parents stood and watched because they were amazed at how accurate and hard he could throw.   That's my boy!

After the party, we came home and Collin took a two hour nap.  I went swimming in the lake and came back just in time to pick him up to head to Mila's pool party.  Collin played in the water with his friends for 45 minutes before asking if I would get in with him.  During that time, he was jumping in the water like his friends Rafe and Jacob where.  He would jump in and then dog-paddle back to the side of the pool.  He did not jump out too far each time until the last time.  He jumped out as far as they did and spooked himself trying to swim back to the edge.  He did make it and wanted to continue swimming.  He dove for some toys that other kids brought and swam around the step area until it was time for us to sing "Happy Birthday" to the birthday girl and then have cupcakes.  We then left the pool area for the kids to take turns hitting the pinata.  Collin normally hits it hard but barely tapped it when it was his turn.  Maybe he was tired or he was trying to be like the other kids hitting before him...which were girls.  When the pinata did finally break, he ran in there and grabbed up his share of candy and then had a lollipop opened before he came back out of the pile to show me the candy he picked out.  The first one he showed me was a Kit Kat.  Now, how was I going to sneak that one out of the bag without him noticing?  It was the first candy he wanted to eat when we got home.