gabi's zumba waffle party

gabi is once again featuring in a post - it's been a full, fun and busy month for her. 

gabi had her birthday party over the weekend. i'm still not sure how this came about because i am sure that after her birthday party last year i told her that all of her siblings' birthday parties stopped at 16. but...well...she got things brewing herself, eventually let me in on her creative, clever and brilliant ideas and without even realizing, i ran with it. my bad. 

so, gabi's idea was to invite a whole bunch of her girlfriends to a zumba party! i just happen to have an over-the-top, amazing gym instructor helene, whom i've been taking classes from for 13 years. gabi's come to some of her classes too. kickboxing and core are my favorites but she leads a killer zumba as well. so, i asked helene if she'd be willing to lead a bunch of crazy-fun 17 year olds for a zumba party. "oh yea, i'd love to!." brilliant! so, we had the girls meet us at the gym and when everyone had arrived we headed up to the fitness room. i introduced them to helene, whoop, whoop! who had brought a birthday crown for gabi and belly dancing hip scarves for them all to wear throughout the class! helene is awesome and the girls were right into it. let's go.....

amazing time! big time thanks helene, from all of us.

after the workout, everyone made their way to our house for gabi's other idea, a waffle bar! (and of course cake and ice cream to follow). gabi went on pinterest, sending me pins for ideas she had for this second half of the party. she knows my love, attraction, irresistability weakness for pinterest so when needed, she pushes that button. that's when things get dangerous......

happy last birthday party, gabi. i'm glad i could be a part of it ;)