Arissa turned 12

Even though I thought for SURE that mallory & mariah were too old for pin the ___ on the __ type games at their parties, and then they told me afterward how disappointed they were that they didn't get to play them, I figured for REALLY sure that Arissa and her friends had out-grown my little parties so we threw a big girl one instead.






She picked a couple friends and we went to Belmont Park.













This ride was her favorite:

























Arissa couldn't wait to get on this ride:










Then changed her mind at the last second:










So Olivia took her place:











And while they did that, Arissa did more of this:











Then we dined:










She'd already had two other cakes so I didn't buy a cake for this outing, but she HAD to blow out a candle...........so we made do with a GIGANTIC sno-cone.
















And the only proper way to end the night would be.....




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