07 December 2014

Julia's 7th Birthday

Julia celebrated her golden 7th birthday in perfect ice skating style.  We had gone ice skating at the Air Force Academy as a family a few weeks prior to her birthday and had observed other people having birthday parties at the ice rink.  We looked into it, and apparently, anyone can have a party there as long as it's on certain dates.

Julia invited a couple of friends from the neighborhood, a couple from school, and a couple other family members and adults tagged along. I was able to skate with the kids while Stacey made sure the details of cake and presents were taken care of.  Although the party was simple...just ice skating, cake and ice cream, and presents...several parents loved the idea and were going to look into doing the same thing for their upcoming parties.

The kids really had a good time.  Due to the timing of the party, we had the entire rink to ourselves.  It was as if we had rented the rink and had a private party for Julia.