The Cutest Thing

Ok, I am sure that there will be cuter episodes in Connor's life but definitely one of the top five so far in his 22 months occurred last weekend at the lake.  My mom had the table decorated for the 4th of July - including an Uncle Sam candle holder I bought years and years ago at a candle party.  Actually it was Colin's candle party which is funny in and of itself.  But, I digress.  She had 2 candles in the holder that were red, white and blue.  Connor was insistent that we "turn on" on the candles.  I explained that we were waiting for the actual 4th of July to light them.  He said "oh" like he understood every word and then started talking fairly incessantly about eating cake.  Cake?  We weren't having cake, hadn't discussed cake, period.  It was Colin's birthday but he wasn't with us so why did he think there would be cake?  It finally occurred to me.  Candles = Cake to Connor.  We finally lit turned on the candles on the 4th.  Connor had pretty much finished his dinner (1/2 a catfish) and veggies when my mom heard him singing under his breath.  He was singing "Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you"!  What??? First of all, where did he learn that song?  We did go to 2 birthday parties in 1 day several weeks ago but who knew he was paying attention.  He certainly didn't look like he was paying attention to the singing.  We don't sing that song at home, or have any records that play that song.  We do have a Christmas book about Jesus' birthday that he is slightly obsessed with and knows nearly every word in the book, but Wow! Singing Happy Birthday because Uncle Sam is holding 2 candles!  Pretty amazing and certainly super cute!  I would have taken a quick video but Connor was SOO shy when we "caught"/ noticed him singing that it would have ruined the moment to attempt to video it.  Anyway, just wanted to share.  More cuteness coming later this week.