Grace was thrilled this year that it wasn't a "quiet party" birthday year. Every other year we have done real birthday parties for the older girls and this was Grace's year. We found this movie theater near our home that does birthday parties on Saturday mornings. The entire theater (not just the theater, the whole facility!) is reserved and you can pick the movie. It is tricky because at the last minute is when you find out what movie is playing but it worked out this time.
Grace invited the girls in her class and a few neighbors. Add her friend's parents, her own siblings, parents and grandparents and you have quite a little group. They got to see the Secret World of Arrietty. There is absolutely nothing offensive in this movie and Nate and I figured out that it is actually a Japanese movie based on "The Borrowers" - it had a Japanese feel to it. It is worth getting on Netflix for a family movie night.
Here are six of her friends, you can see that she is just so excited!
Every girl had a "ticket" on their invite to get a popcorn and soda.
We also got a backstage tour of the movie theater which was interesting. Most movie theaters are going digital and this theater still operates on reels. So they mail back their reels after each movie release. The girls got to see how they "thread" the reel through this huge machine and play the movie. I have never been up in the booth where you can view the entire theater below.
After the party, we had time to have cake and play charades. Who ever thought that 8 year old girls were so confident and into a game like charades? That is what Grace wanted to play and they loved it. Very low-key. We also made goodie bags with balloons attached with candy buttons, Jelly Belly popcorn jelly beans, a pack of tissues, and some cookies.
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