Conner's Big Day!

Conner is such a funny kid!! If you remember from a few posts back, I mentioned how he had quite the agenda for his birthday. Well he got to do pretty much everything on that list... and then some!!  He had a great day!!!

 

We of course had to get ready, so he had picked out some balloons and streamer at the store so we could decorate the house a little...

He of course wanted to help out... in fact, being Mr. Independent that he is... he wanted to do it all, and pretty much only let mom help to tie the balloons after he blew them up, and tape the streamers up where it was too high for him to reach.

He helped to mix the cake batter and mix up the frosting. Then much to his dismay, mommy did the rest. Coloring frosting is not exactly a child-friendly job. He taste tested the frosting though to make sure each and every color tasted good enough. Mom then made his Optimus Prime birthday cake.

Not 100%, but it was good enough for Conner to say "thanks for making me such an awesome cake mom!" So at least he thought it was the best cake! That is all that matters!

He made sure we sung to him, like we wouldn't have done that anyways, but he just had to make sure!

He asked for "the biggest" piece, so Patrick cut him a pretty big piece, and despite his best efforts, he was only able to eat half, but it was a good effort!

He also got to go to swimming lessons on his big day, which he loves. He is doing so awesome at it, he's getting better and better each time he tries something.

After swimming lessons, it was off to McDonalds for his birthday dinner!!  

(I can hear the members in my family laugh about this, because every year when I was around his age, I chose to go to McDonalds for my birthday dinner too. It was my favorite place to eat. Granted, there were only like 3 fast food restaurants to even choose from in Prescott at the time, so I didn't even have much variety. I am happy to say that both I and the great town of Prescott have expanded out from just McDonalds. I prefer to eat at much better places these days!)

We let the boys play for a while in the play land after they ate, and Brayden saw this chair and told Conner he needed to have his picture taken in it since it was of course his birthday!! Conner was super excited about that idea, and it did make for a cute photo op!

Conner also got to hunt for his presents, as requested, one was hidden upstairs, and lots downstairs!

They were hidden in the food storage closet...

...the pantry...

...everywhere!

He got lots of great presents for his birthday! Brayden and Conner have had so much fun playing with all his new toys!

Things we love about our Conner:

~he is a ball of energy!! 

~he always makes sure he says "love you" to everyone

~he loves to give everyone in his family hugs and kisses

~he loves to cuddle with pretty much anyone who will cuddle with him

~he's such a sweet little boy

Some of Conner's favorite things:

~Dogs

~Playing with his big brother

~Riding in his Daddy's truck

~Going to friends houses

~the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie

~Spongebob

~helping mom go shopping

~his blankies

~playing games with his family

~donuts and/or ice cream

~riding his scooter

Conner is such a happy kid!! We are SO LUCKY to have him in our family!

WE LOVE YOU CONNER!!!!!

**Click here if you wanna see info/pics from when Conner was born that I wrote about last year. He has some pretty stinkin cute baby pictures!