Let's back up a bit...

Every year since Travis was around 3 Daryle has been taking him to the Monster Truck show. Ever since they went last year Daryle has been so excited to also take Connor this coming year.  He bought the tickets a few months before the event for him, his dad, Travis and  Connor.  As the time got closer we started to talk to Connor about it a bit and he was getting sooo excited to go.  They watch it on tv, we have a monster truck game for the Wii, and he plays a game on the iTouch.  Not to mention we have a ton of these trucks around the house.  Connor knows all of the truck's names. He was ready to go.  As luck would have it poor Mr. Connor got sick the night before.  He caught a tummy bug.  Mix a three year old with a tummy bug and still working on certain aspects of potty training and you have a big mess.  Needless to say, Connor didn't get to go.  He was such a trooper though.  All day I kept hoping that it would pass.... I think we went through 12 pairs of underwear that day... but no it just stayed the same. He couldn't make it to the bathroom fast enough.  Finally I had to start prepping him for the possibility that he might not be able to go.  He took it all in stride. He told me, "Mom, it's ok. Sometimes you get sick and  you just have to miss things."  Wow.  He is pretty wise for a 3 year old!  Luckily dad took pictures and texted them to us the whole time. I think it made him feel like he was there, even though he wasn't. They did bring him home a t-shirt. He has not taken it off much. Last week I literally had to do the wash daily just so he could wear it again the next day.  Otherwise he would have a meltdown.  So when you look at the pictures, that is why Connor was not there. I was teasing Travis that he wasn't smiling in some of the pictures because he was sad Connor wasn't there.  He didn't really argue much with me. He took it harder than Connor did.  But when he saw how Connor was handling it he was ok with it.  Even though Connor missed out, the rest of the boys had a great time.

Hopefully next year everybody will be healthy and able to go.  For now Connor keeps looking at these pictures.  He thinks he was driving these trucks!  Such an imagination.