We live in Tucson, and if you have been to Arizona in summer, you know being by the pool can be a challenge unless it is indoors. I asked her to write a list of 5 birthday locations for me to choose from as I was not sure the pool should take precedence over other locations. She wrote down 4; pool, peter Pipper, skate country or the bowling arena. Guess which one won? yes, you guessed right. The pool won and I decided right away, that the party will have to be sooner than July. Besides her friends would be on summer break and getting them together would be that much harder. So we decided to have the party at the YMCA pool the last weekend of school. She was to invite up to 10 friends. The YMCA actually hosts birthday parties, you can host smaller or larger groups. For $175 we were able to have up to 10 people at the party, the cake and drinks were provided as well as music for the occasion. I was glad not to have to do all the work.
Since the scheduled time was between 12:00 noon and 3:00 pm, Mark and I, decided to order subs from subway for the kids. We picked up a few drinks, mainly punch and caprisan. Well now I know little girls love punch, we brought home all the caprisan because no one touched them, neither did they eat the popcorn. Most of their time was of course spent in the pool where they played and laughed like there was no tomorrow. The drive bar was made available for them with 2 lifeguards to keep an eye. It was hot of course, but nothing compared to how hot it gets in July. As I write this we are in the 3 digits already. June is yet to begin and I should not be going out to the pool or hiking. The birthday girl had 5 friends in total, I was glad we did not have 10 because the 5 were as active as 10 would have been. They ate so much that I was afraid we did not have enough sandwiches. I guess it was the fact that they were swimming and burning enough calories (smile!)!
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