Con's Birthday Continued...

Alex Surprises Con

Skyler Cools Off

Connor's birthday celebration started last week (see a Treasure's Trove post for details) with a surprise visit from one of his best friends, Alex, last Saturday, and continued through the week, when he got to go with his "Bigs," Jim, Honey, and Gil to Moody Gardens and he was given money to spend on some educational software.

Saturday night we met with Mom and Dad at Chili's and he got to open his gifts at the restaurant. In addition to having a weeklong celebration, he got pretty much everything he asked for (and then some). Mom and Dad gave him Megaman toys including: a 12" action figure, a dart/sword thingy and the new Megaman game for his Gameboy. He got an eclectic mix of gifts from Marilyn and I, including: 4 tickets to see Steve Miller Band next month at the rodeo (thanks to the Simpsons and Michael Jordan, Steve Miller Band has an 11 year old fan), 11 coupons for an hour's worth of educational computer time, a walking stick with the head of an eagle, and a bathtub book rest (yes, he likes to read in the tub). He even got his favorite desert, cheesecake. Mike came by for "movie night" after Con went to bed and brought him a gift card for Best Buy, which Connor happily deposited in his wallet the next morning as soon as he got up.

The fun continued Sunday when his godmother, Caryn, invited him to go to brunch at 59 Diner. He got Chocolate Chip Pancakes and bacon (the breakfast of kings, or maybe just 11 year olds). Caryn, Matt, David and Skyler gave him a remote control Jeep and the 5th Grade Adventure educational software (for which he has 11 hours of computer time to explore). After brunch, Skyler came back home with us and she and Connor helped me get the garden ready for Spring. We all worked really hard in the garden, weeding, trimming, cleaning and repotting plants. We got pretty sweaty, so we rolled up our pants and dangled our feet in the pool, which was FREEZING! It felt really good, until our feet turned a strange shade of purple. After gardening, we ate dinner and they watched Shark Tale and played Gameboy. Thus, concluding Con's wonderful week-long celebration.