It started with Alex and Ben shopping early for their birthday present from us...new ice hockey skates! Both Alex and Ben chose that as their presents and even though Alex's birthday is in January, we got it for him early too...
This town has very nice sports facilities including ice rinks. Each week they have many open skating times that are free to the public both on indoor rinks and outdoor rinks. You must wear a helmet at all times, and you are generally allowed to bring hockey sticks or bandy sticks to practice on the ice or have a little pick-up game and the kids love that...
Since they have gotten their skates, they have been begging me to take them as much as possible, and even Thomas went out to buy some skates so he could join in on the fun. I may get some soon, but they are quite expensive...
The Saturday before Ben's birthday we took him out to dinner for an early celebration at our favorite Steakhouse in town with Thomas.
We have had some cakes here in Sweden, and while they are good, Ben didn't like the frosting here, so I decided to tackle an Angel Food Cake with 7 minute frosting that my dad always made for us for our birthdays growing up.
The cake turned out great, and now I have a request from Alex for the same cake for his birthday...we may have started a new tradition...
On Ben's actual birthday Alex and I woke him up in the morning to open a few presents...Alex bought him a new soccer ball, we gave him a bandy stick to play with on the ice, and a surprise package made it just in time all the way from Gainesville, FL, USA!!!
In the afternoon, Ben brought his friend Matt home with him and we had cake and then headed to the indoor swimming park for an afternoon of fun!
On their way into the waterpark...
Ben heard from all our family and felt very special! It was a great way to spend his birthday!
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