Vera Bradley Santa Party

Yesterday afternoon we went to the Lutheran Health Sports Center for ice skating, bouncing on inflatables, meeting Santa, and having lots of sugary treats. It was all planned by Curt's work and I think they always do such a nice job with all their parties. Ben was so excited about it all week!

 Ben has never been ice skating before and could hardly wait to try it out. I was a little nervous that we would spend most of our time falling on the ice, but we did great and somehow managed to stay upright the whole time. Curt is a good skater but I'm a little wobbly at first & it's been several years since I last skated. We both held onto one of Ben's hands and he was able to get some good practice.

After skating we headed upstairs to meet Santa and have some cookies. Ben got right up on Santa's lap and wasn't nervous at all. We ate way too many treats, then headed back down to the Bounce Mania area.

Ben had a great time on the inflatables (after an unfortunate incident in the first one.) A bigger boy pulled his sweatshirt and pinned him down. He would not let Ben get up & it really freaked Ben out. After we got him away from that boy and calmed him down, he had fun. I think he could have stayed there bouncing all day!

 Ben all ready to try out the ice.
 They had some girls there to help first time skaters. This young lady helped show Ben how to march his feet. After I snapped a quick picture, I took over holding him up.
 Curt had to adjust his laces.
 Ben and Santa.
 Enjoying some treats and hot chocolate.
 Climbing on the inflatables.
 I was surprised at how well he did climbing the little steps.
Getting ready to crawl through a tunnel.

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