Strong Birthday

Today, we got invited to our first interclass birthday party. We had invested so much time getting to know Troy’s old class. Now, that they combined his class with another class, we feel like we’re starting over. The party was for a boy named Kayvan, which Troy said he didn’t really like, but I think it’s more that he doesn’t know him very well. Because Kayvan seemed like a nice polite boy, just a little shy and reserved. We mainly decided to go to try to meet some of the parents of the new combined class.

They had the party at Strong Fitness, which had a lot of obstacles and play equipment for all ages. In other words, plenty of things for the large crowd of kids to play on. It was a little chaotic and there were lots of non-school people there, so we weren’t as successful meeting people as we would have liked. But we met a few.

Troy spent the entire time playing with Misha and Sasha. I’m not sure he even talked to Kayvan until the very end of the party. The girls didn’t always do what Troy wanted to do, so I was his surrogate playmate while they were off doing their thing. When they came back, I hung around and played with all three of them. It means I didn’t spend as much time with adults, but I enjoy these parties more when I’m playing anyway. Honestly, since most of the people work at the university, they spend a great deal talking about work things. Kids are a welcome distraction.

We got to the party late, but we still spent almost two hours there. I think Troy had a good time…considering he didn’t want to leave even after everyone else had packed up and gone. We finally got kicked out when the place closed down.