The One With Kid's Day

This week, we celebrated Kid's Day. It is a day when Emmie and I take the kids and do something with them one on one. It was a great time.

Emmie took Bri to bowl. Then, they went for tea and lunch at the Wenham Tea House. After that, they did shopping and did a mini spa at home. They watched Anne of Green Gables at home. And they wrapped it up with supper.

Kiff and I also went bowling. Then, we ate lunch at Olive Garden. Yum. We went to an arcade and followed up with some ice cream. After that, we went to scootering in the park, visited the old cars, and then saw the small planes in Beverly. 

All and all a great day...and a fun way to wrap up summer.

The One with the Roller Skating Birthday Party

Ah!!!!

We had one of those fun memories recently. Bri had her birthday party at the nearby Roller Palace. The local hotspot for birthday parties for decades in these parts, we had been told by many a parent that we would be spending some time here from Kindergarten on.

And sure enough, those parents were correct.

And, it was a ton of fun. it was the second time Kiff had been there...and he definitely wanted to be on his own as much as he could. As for Bri, she was spending an amazing amount of time on the floor, getting her patented move down. She has grown better over the year.

The party itself was a blast. The place helped to time it well: 50 minutes of skating 15 minutes of pizza, 15 minutes of cake, another half hour of skating and arcade games (they were a hit) - and even one person actually successfully pulled a toy out of one of those games that no one ever wins.

The party flew by - Bri had a good time - and before we knew it, it was time to go. Kiff wanted to play one more video game, so he and I went to the car racing game. As we left, it was clear - we were the last people to leave the place...besides the workers. 

I told Kiff, "Let's remember this moment."

So we looked around took in the fact that, for the first time, Kidd was "closing down a place."