My family actually has a birthday tradition. I was born at 12:12 a.m. on July 28, so it really started with my parents and sister showing up at my apartment at 12:12 a.m. every year with ice cream cake, balloon and gifts. My sister was born at around 2 a.m. on a day in May so we'd show up at her place then for the same little party. Well, my parents don't stay up as late anymore, so the tradition has morphed a bit, wherein everyone shows up at some crazy hour of the morning and we have ice cream cake for breakfast, with balloons and gifts.
This past Sunday was my brother-in-law's birthday, so we all met at their house at 7 a.m. for the mini-party. Unbeknownst to me, my husband made a deal with my mom to surprise me with a joint celebration, thereby getting out of having them descend on our house on Wednesday morning at 6 a.m., two hours before he had to leave for work and an hour and a half before he normally gets up.
Ice cream cake for breakfast is the best! I got some great gifts...
... and then later that day was my self-planned birthday party. First, we spent several hours at the Turtle Back Zoo, where I hadn't been in years.
After that, and just in time because as we left the zoo the sky turned black with an impending storm, we continued on to Monster Golf, an indoor mini golf venue that's all lit in blacklight and laid out in UV-reactive paint! Of course, I had to pull out my UV face paints and painted myself and my friend.
I loved the glow, and we matched the whole place!
Dinner with friends was a terrific finish to the day.
The UV paint is cool!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it? I want to talk to the manager about leaving my business cards at the place so when people sign up for parties, they can recommend me to pre-paint them!
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