First, there was the Easter Egg hunt on Saturday. Running around with the other 4-5 year olds, he probably snatched more eggs than any of the other kids. Most importantly his sister, a fact that he noted… and then continued to note incessantly for the rest of the day. To top that off, he found one of the special “silver” eggs that earned him a prize Easter Basket. The organizers took a picture of him, his basket and the Easter Bunny together (standard treatment for the winners.) He also noted the silver egg achievement- when he wasn’t noting his raw egg count achievement.
Then came Sunday and the pinata at the birthday party. He was the last kid to get a whack at the pinata. Both by count and because his three swings broke the pinata open, freeing the candy contained therein, much to the delight of the other kids. He was very impressed with himself for being “the one” to break open the pinata. I’ll just note that the other contestants were boys and girls in the 3,4 and 5 year old range.
He went to sleep last night very pleased with himself.