So last Saturday Ally was invited to her friend Olive’s 7th birthday party. We have been at Olive’s parties every year for the past 5 years! On the same day at the same time Becky and I were invited to our friend Hanh (Liem’s, mom) 40th birthday party. What is a family to do?
We hired our amazing babysitter Sarah for the day to take Ally to the party, have dinner with her and put her to bed so us moms could go “indoor skydiving” to celebrate Hanh with our friends.
The party was packed with neighborhood friends and the whole first grade (all 49 students and their siblings were invited). Ally started off having fun coloring on the mural by herself, and then friends, like Alice came to join her.
Olive’s parties are always animal oriented – last year was horseback riding at a stable, and the years before that at her dad’s place of work in the event space with an animal show. This was another animal show.
That is Sarah on the right chatting with Olive’s mom and Aunt. Then the birthday girl taking her first swing at the piñata!
Here are Becky and I in our jumpsuits and helmets waiting to go skydiving.
The group of “preschool moms” Deb (Erik’s mom) Becky, Shannon (Stella’s mom), me, Hanh (in the red helmet) and Sarah (Jack T’s mom in the bottom row). It was celebrating many years of friendship – as well as Hanh’s 4oth.
The indoor skydiving was a bit of a misnomer – it was a vertical wind tunnel that keeps you afloat in the air. It was very cool, but I don’t think I need to do it again. We were hoping to have action shots, but the facility takes all those pictures and their photo site has been down.
All in all it was a fabulous time had by everyone – Ally, and her moms.
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