Party Day: The Final Frontier

After a day of much celebrating, we finally got to the grand finale.

Party at Jump Zone...

Her royal highness was taking a mini break before all her friends showed up...

My happy birthday girl...

Four years ago this little one made my heart grow bigger than I ever imagined.
She makes me laugh.
Shows me love.
Makes my life complete.
Happy Birthday to my sweet baby girl!

A Three Part Birthday Celebration

Celebrating Sissy was going to be like a three or four part event today.

First there were gifts.

Now it was going to be lunch at Purple Cow with ice skating downtown to follow.

To help Sophia celebrate, her good friend Caroline came along...

Because there can never be too much sugar consumed on one's birthday, Sophia indulged in a famous purple milkshake...

All three of the girls got stickers...

And then they all got super silly...

Following lunch, Sophia got her second sugar rush of the day.
A big bowl of whipped cream.
I mean a big bowl of ice cream...

Which she was willing to share...

When no one else wanted any, she decided two spoons would be faster than one...

After lunch, we rushed over to the skating rink...

It wasn't quite open, so the girls had some time to play in the sun...

Ice skates on...

Time to skate...

Each girl got to do a lap with Joe's assistance...

Michelle helped Caroline...

Then each child felt brave enough to go on the ice alone.
Lily chose to hold onto the rail and scoot around the ice...

Sophia used Joe's help one last time...

Held on to the edge like Lily...

By the time the first half hour of skating was over, the girls had given up on the wall and daddy and just took off on their own.

(I wish I could show you the video, but unfortunately it won't upload.)

I was amazed that after just one hour how well the girls did.

It was Sophia's first time on the ice and she was cruising right down the middle.

Lily held on for a while and then also let go.

They loved it!

It made for a very special birthday treat.

An unforgettable birthday memory.