Olivia was there with her dad Andre sitting in the background.
That was our day yesterday and in that order.
We started off the morning with breakfast at Black Diamond Bakery mainly since it was close to the Bounce It Up where the birthday party was held. While at the Bakery we met with Olivia and her dad Andre as they were on their father/daughter date. We found out a couple things from them. One is Olivia will be in Mimi's class next year and her little brother Jack will be attending the same pre-school "Wonder Years" as several other kids in our neighborhood. Michelle who runs the school is a former grade school teacher and also taught at Glacier Park. She hails from SaMo High (Santa Monica High School) and her husband Jason also teaches in the Kent school district and he graduated from Venice High School just a couple of block from our old neighborhood in California.
Michelle and Jason has two sets of twin Owen and Avery the younger ones, then there i Kate and Ethan who are Mimi's schoolmates.
So next year Micah (Shad's lil' sis), Bailey (Blake's sis), Jack (Olivia's lil' bro) will be going to Wonder Years along with Ada whose big brother Owen will be attending Glacier Park for the first time (kindergarten).
When breakfast was done, we all headed over to the Bounce It Up. It's a new bouncy place that recently opened up and the kids love it. I love it because it is all contained to one room except for the party room. It really is not set up for the big kids, just the little ones. None the less, the kids have a great time running around just getting their sillies out.
Mimi was happy to be wrestling with the boys. Even though she is older than they are, they are a bit taller or at least the same height. It was Xander's 5th birthday party and he greeted everyone at the door with a huge hug and would exclaim "It's my birthday!!!!" That just cracked me up. All the kids there were mainly the kids from the neighborhood. That meant Erin was there also and Mimi was quite pleased as they had not played together all summer.
The pizza was quite good too. Found out about a place called The Swinging Arm in this little shopping strip that the Bounce It Up is in also. I had seen it before but never tried it out because it is a bar and grill and did not know if kids were allowed. Found out that kids are allowed and the food is good which the pizza that came from there is. Then I found out that the crust that is used to make the pizza comes from CJ's bakery across the highway. CJ's is a well known local bakery that makes delicious cakes and such so everyone orders from them.
While at the birthday party Mimi and Erin were making plans for a playdate. So that is exactly what they did, have a playdate first at our neighbohood park, then at our house till it was time to go to Elsie's for the sleepover.
Rhonda thought that with the moving, gymnastic practices and her working, the girls did not get much of summer fun so she invited Kalani and Mimi over for a sleepover. All the girls are on Summit Gymnastic team. Kalani is more of Emma's age and friend and Mimi is more of Elsie's age and friend. Still the younger one enjoyed themselves pestering the older ones.
Rhonda prepared a delicious French stew for all to enjoy.
