Colt Cannons: Birthday 🎉
How is this angel 27? 😭💙 Happy Birthday Colt! 🥳
- One of those guys that actually gets excited for his birthday
- As such, he will call you. First thing in the morning. He practically sits, bouncing, waiting, for you to be awake, just to call because he’s just so h a p p y, and he will wait for you to say it
- “Morning baaabe...” “Morning Colt...” “...” “Happy birthday” “Thaaank youuuuuu! You’re the best 😚”
- Birthdays were big occasions growing up in the Parayko clan, with everyone gathering around on the day, so he associates it with that sense of family and togetherness
- And cake. Of course, cake
- He’ll give himself at least one cheat meal on his birthday, even if it’s just a mid-afternoon slice of cake and some peach schnapps while he soaks up a little sunshine
- He has been known to pour a shot of schnapps on cake
- Likes his cake flavours light and citrusy - lemon and blueberry, orange and almond, or Key lime 🍋
- If he’s letting himself indulge a little more, he’ll throw together a bowl with a generous slice of cake, berries of all sorts, a shot or two of schnapps, maybe a crumbled-up biscuit for texture, and a dollop of soft whipped cream
- Birthdays were the day he got to see everyone, any family that lived close enough to St Albert would come around, there’d be a barbecue going, sides, fresh lemonade, and water pistols in the garden
- He’s figured out how to hack barbecues so that he can still hit his macros 😉
- It’s not a birthday until Grandpa’s here. End of.
- Even now, all he wants for his birthday is to have everyone around and be surrounded by the people that mean the most to him. He doesn’t feel a need for huge parties or fancy dinners - he’s quite happy with some good food and even better company
- Is the most well-mannered gift receiver. There’s no such thing as a bad gift, to him. He doesn’t want for much, and the fact that someone’s gone to the effort and thought of giving him something makes him smile, big style
- Always opens the cards first, it’s only polite
- Has a collection of polaroids from birthdays over the years, that he keeps in a shoe box in the wardrobe. Breaks them out every year to reminisce and look at how they’ve all grown, who they miss, and new additions to the family
- He’s a big guy with a bigger smile, but it’s something else on his birthday. The whole day. He’s just beaming 🤗
- If anybody can’t make it to whatever little get-together he’s having, it won’t quite upset him but he’s not unaffected by it - he loves them and really hoped they could’ve made it, but he will absolutely never hold it against them
- Is the guy that pours everyone else a drink, makes sure they’ve got a plate, and holds the babies. He’s very involved and won’t sit back. There are no half measures when it comes to Colton with the people he loves
- He does it all himself - over time, he’s accrued memories and a list of his favourite things from birthdays gone by, and adds them in every year. He’ll hang the lights in the garden, make sure they’ve got that sweet potato salad they had in ‘08, mow the lawn, finalise the playlist he’s been working on, you name it
- Saying that, he’ll accept help if it’s offered
- Hugs for everyone who’ll have them, on arrival and departure
- If he can’t get home for his birthday, he doesn’t take it too hard. He’ll have a smaller get-together with friends and will facetime his family on the day to catch up and be together
- Is fully aware and will laugh nervously in anticipation of locker room shenanigans if he has to train; there is an element of fear and he knows the other guys can smell it on him 👀
- He’s totally had the shit pranked out of him at training on his birthday
- Hasn’t gotten shitfaced drunk on his birthday since university, but that coincided nicely with the end of exams so he’d cut himself the slack
- And at the end of all that, all he wants is one more strong glass of schnapps and lemonade, to cuddle up on the porch, nuzzle against your cheek and just be 🥰
