Another one! Actually a double "1". That's right -- 11 years old. Last weekend was Simone's birthday, and we marked it this year with her FIRST EVER sleepover party.
I have to say, now that she's in middle school, her friends factored into her birthday much more prominently than in years past. She was eager to get to school, thrilled that her friends decorated her locker, and positively giddy that they were coming home with her after school to party the night away. We had an early sushi dinner at home, then piled all the girls in the car and headed to Zavazone for a few hours of play. After they were nice and tired, we went back home for cake and gifts. Exhaustion didn't stop them, however, from staying up well into the wee hours of the morning -- yep, it's a timeless right of passage.
If you have not been, Zavazone is pretty cool. The time flew by here and the girls had a great time.
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| The birthday crew. |
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| Heavy pizza eyes. |
And finally, she lost. A short ride in the car defeated her as she power napped on daddy's dry cleaning! LOL!!
A big thank you to our friend who beautifully embroidered pillow cases with each girl's initials to put in Simone's party bags. They were awesome!
