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Fourth Birthday Party

This year for Zoe's birthday we booked a couple of hours in Giggleberry Fair up in Peddlers Village. A lot of folks showed up and there were a number of different things to do. Zoe was excited, as she always is, to see Ben and Julia.



There was a play area with gym mats that had a pole, a slide, a bell and a firetruck. Next to that there was an area to play in the water, complete with fishing poles. Further back there were some motion rides, like a motorcycle. At the center there was a large carousel.



After everyone had played for a while it was time to sing and eat cake. Zoe was very enthusiastic about blowing out her candles and everyone loved their cake, or, at least the icing on the cake.



The best part, by far, was the large, multi-story area that had different ways to collect, shoot and blast nerf balls all over the place. I'm not entirely sure that were supposed to be in there, but all of the kids, and most of the adults, really enjoyed it. Sadly, it wasn't well lit and the action was fierce, so there aren't any pictures. That being the case I will leave you with silly faces in a bendy mirror and me losing at videos games.



How I lost to two toddler, I'll never understand. Even more baffling is that our little girl is now four years old. She won't be little forever, so I need to make sure I take advantage of the time I have because I won't get it back.

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