Remember when we were little* and we had birthday parties at our houses, with games like pin the tail on the donkey, followed by cake and ice cream? Yeah, well.
On Sunday Julie was invited to go to a trapeze party. Howzat? A trapeze party! Apparently the Jordan's Furniture store in Reading has the nation's only indoor trapeze school! Who knew?
I was nervous about letting her go, but the mom of the birthday girl assured me that they'd done it before, and it's incredibly safe and well-run and really, really fun. Julie, who as you know is not afraid of heights, was game, so I let her go.
I remember when she learned to walk. Now she can fly:
*Which reminds me of this funny list of the 10 Best Things We'll Say to Our Grandkids.
Did you know that they have trapeze classes at the JCC? And that there is a russian guy in Newton that has a trapeze school in his rebuilt garage? My daughter likes to fly, too!
Posted by: margalit | September 23, 2009 at 06:28 AM
My kids did the trapeze at Club Med in the Dominican Republic, but they were older than Julie! They have a super program there for teens. I felt nauseous just standing on the ground looking up at them!
Posted by: Elena | September 23, 2009 at 08:15 AM
Totally cool!
Posted by: Stephanie | September 23, 2009 at 08:18 AM
Gosh, I'd like to try that. I keep flirting with the much more staid notion of trying to get certified as a Pilates instructor -- maybe I should join the circus instead, like Toby Tyler.
Posted by: Wendy | September 23, 2009 at 01:01 PM
I so want to do this; I have a friend who went to Jordan's for her fortieth and said it was a blast. Maybe i'll go for my (gulp) 50th (not for a few years though).
Posted by: amy | September 23, 2009 at 07:48 PM
This is awesome! (I probably would have lost my glasses, though!) Go, Julie!
Posted by: Tonya | September 24, 2009 at 09:30 PM