Every year the Friday before March Break, an indoor amusement park an hours distance away hosts a freebee morning from 6:00am until 9:00 am. And every year, we Skalings are there with bells on...Birthday bells on!! This year was no exception , and the birthday bells always ring for Elle . Her birthday is on the 9th of March , and as the Crystal Palace open house always happens a week or so before her big day, we have ,for the last 4 years or so,celebrated her birthday while we are there. As we do live a ways from our family, they are not always able to be present for our birthday parties.This party however is the exception. The cousins turn out in full force,and every year our celebration gets bigger! Elle has come to the personal conclusion that this event is put on simply to celebrate her! Even Grampie Grammie Cameron showed up bright and early to catch the flash family gathering, if you could call such a scattered flurry of feet running madly off in every direction to catch the next ride a gathering. The gathering part did occur in a much more official way after the rides were closed for the morning.
After the kids had twirled,whirled and spun themselves silly and their parents slightly greenish, we relocated to the MacDonalds across the street...the one with the huge play room...big enough for 17 kids, their harried parents in desperate in need of coffee, and their calm, happy grandparents to all sit down for a spell and catch up with each other. Oh and eat ice cream!! The helpful employees taking orders did indeed raise their eyebrows at the order of over 25 ice creams at 9:30 in the morning! But the birthday girl had spoken and ice cream it was for all her party goers.
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| Big almost 7 year old!!! |
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| Time to eat. |
Coffee ,ice cream...and one happy Grampa!!
Uncle T.j. and cousin Ryson
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| Happy Momma and 3 hungry sisters |
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| 3 lovely Sante ladies |
It was a whirlwind of a morning that started at 4:45 am and wrapped up at 10 !! We had pretty sleepy girls for the hour long ride home but hey, it only happens once a year and what's not to love about a happy,spirited girl celebrating her birthday in fine style ,surrounded buy lights, music, twirling rides, but most of all, family.....oh and ice cream!
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