Mia's Birthday Party

Last Sunday we had Mia's 5th birthday party at The Little Gym.  It was perfect!  It made my job so super easy (which was greatly appreciated given how life has been a little crazy the last few weeks and Ryan is on a mission trip to North Africa), and Mia absolutely loves being at this gym.  She was thrilled that most of the kids from her class were able to come along with Parker and Macey.  Also, two of Lily's friends from school, Rachael and Raegan, came with their younger siblings.  It was a fun time!

 Pirate Mia was ready for her swashbuckling adventure to begin!

 Everyone gathered around Ms. Morgan to learn the gym rules (be safe and have fun!) and sing a welcome song.

 From here, it was time to warm up like a pirate.  The kids pretended to swab the deck, climb the rope, hit the deck and other fun seafaring items.

After warm up, they had a few minutes of play time while they set up for the next adventure.  Mia and her friends had fun on the uneven bars.

 Mia COULD NOT WAIT for this activity.  She had talked about it for weeks.

 There are two lines, and you get to run and knock down the huge foam pieces.  She and Lily got to lead the way.

 Mia was thrilled to end this game by getting to knock down two at once.  She did it!

 Next up was the inflatable jumpy.

 Havin' fun jumping down the track.

 Soon it was time for pirate cake.  Look at that red face from all the fun!

 Happy birthday sweet girl!

 We headed back out to play a few different hula hoop games.

 This was one of the few pictures I snapped that wasn't completely blurry.  These kids were having so much fun as they ran everywhere; my shutter wasn't fast enough to catch them!

After all the games, we wound down with a treasure hunt.  There were several clues hidden around the gym that the kids hunted together.  It ended by going out to the lobby to receive their goodies.  We gave each of the younger kids a book called "Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC" while the older kids received "Pirates Go To School."  We have both of these books at home already and love them, so we thought we would share with our friends instead of doing goody bags.  They all seemed pretty excited about that.

We headed home (yea for no clean up!) and Mia opened all her presents.  She received so many fun toys, movies and games, and we appreciate her friends' thoughtfulness.  What a fun way to celebrate our little pirate girl!