Art Zone

     ...Continued from yesterday: 
     Tom and I arrived in Los Angeles late last Saturday night, 9 pm Los Angeles time, which was midnight  Ohio time.
     So our visit really began the following morning, bright and early, when we all hit the ground running to get ready for our grand daughter's 6th birthday party.
      My job was to procure a birthday cake - a task that had somehow been overlooked in the bustle of the preparations - sufficient for the forty guests, half children, half adults.

     So I headed out to my most-frequented Manhattan Beach, California stomping ground,

      From whence I procured two quarter-sheet cakes,

...which I brought home and set before the birthday girl and her sister along with several tubes of icing gel,

...assigning them the job of decorating the cakes.

    They were, as you can imagine, quite happy to oblige,

...and with a little help from their Grammie produced some quite satisfactory results.

     The party was scheduled for one o'clock, so shortly before that time we transported ourselves and the party provisions to the location,

...an after school care/birthday party venue called Art Zone,

...a magical place set up for all kinds of junior art activities,

...including a dry play room,

...a wet play room,

...a spray-paint room

...the most awesome floor,

...that I wish I had in my house,

...and sweet, lovely messages hung all around the place.

     As soon as the guests arrived they dove right into the festivities,

...and soon the joint was jumping.

     After a while of playtime a yummy lunch was served,

...of cheese pizza from Fresh Brothers,

...the most delicious vegan salads from Veggie Grille,

...fresh fruit and Justin's signature guacamole,

...and, of course, birthday cake.

     After the cake and little bit more playtime came the final activity, smooshing around a happy birthday message written in shaving cream.

     It was a great party.