Birthday Bash
I worked Saturday. Nothing like working six days in a row to mess with your fitness and nutrition efforts. However, I got a really good walk in on Sunday morning so I can't complain too much. And Saturday night I made Zuccini Oven Chips and Shrimp Pad Thai using recipes from the current issue of Cooking Light. Yum! So maybe the weekend wasn't as bad as I thought.
Sunday was the long awaited, much anticipated birthday bash for our nephew AW at Choo Choo Johnny's. He doesn't turn 5 until the 16th but since this restaurant is about 1 1/2 hours from where most of the family lives, we had to do it Sunday.
We drove over to The Saint's brother's house so we could all drive to Choo Choo Johnny's together in their van. Thank God we did because we got kind of lost and it was better that we were all in one car. But let me back up for a minute. For some reason AW and his sister RM wore costumes to the restaturant. Not that they weren't adorable but it just seemed odd to me.
AW was dressed as a Los Lonely Boy. He loves that group and knows all their names and their songs. He had on a Los Lonely Boys t-shirt, jeans and a bandana around his head. RM was dressed as Cinderella, glass (plastic) slippers, blue ball gown and all.
There are booths along the walls of the restaurant but we sat at the U-shaped counter. The waitress sounds a whistle and a train comes out from the kitchen with your food on it, running on tracks along the inside edge of the counter. The waitress stops the train in front of your seat and takes the food off the train for you. Very cool, especially for the kids, and the staff was great.
AW is going to spend the weekend with us next weekend and we'll probably take him to Chuck E. Cheese. He's so cute and funny. We put some money in the college fund we set up for him and my sister-in-law told him because I had written a note on the card. I think she said "Yea, you got more money for college!" and he said, with a really puzzled look on his face "I'm ready for college?" For someone starting kindergarten in a few weeks, college seems so far away but according to my calculations it's only 13 years away.
Sunday was the long awaited, much anticipated birthday bash for our nephew AW at Choo Choo Johnny's. He doesn't turn 5 until the 16th but since this restaurant is about 1 1/2 hours from where most of the family lives, we had to do it Sunday.
We drove over to The Saint's brother's house so we could all drive to Choo Choo Johnny's together in their van. Thank God we did because we got kind of lost and it was better that we were all in one car. But let me back up for a minute. For some reason AW and his sister RM wore costumes to the restaturant. Not that they weren't adorable but it just seemed odd to me.
AW was dressed as a Los Lonely Boy. He loves that group and knows all their names and their songs. He had on a Los Lonely Boys t-shirt, jeans and a bandana around his head. RM was dressed as Cinderella, glass (plastic) slippers, blue ball gown and all.
There are booths along the walls of the restaurant but we sat at the U-shaped counter. The waitress sounds a whistle and a train comes out from the kitchen with your food on it, running on tracks along the inside edge of the counter. The waitress stops the train in front of your seat and takes the food off the train for you. Very cool, especially for the kids, and the staff was great.
AW is going to spend the weekend with us next weekend and we'll probably take him to Chuck E. Cheese. He's so cute and funny. We put some money in the college fund we set up for him and my sister-in-law told him because I had written a note on the card. I think she said "Yea, you got more money for college!" and he said, with a really puzzled look on his face "I'm ready for college?" For someone starting kindergarten in a few weeks, college seems so far away but according to my calculations it's only 13 years away.
posted by Nichole @ 7:09 AM
2 Comments:
At 7:21 PM,
Mia Goddess said…
Hey! Thanks for the tip, I just printed out the pad thai recipe. DH adores thai food, but I like to cook at home so that I can control the fat and sodium. So, maybe this will be the maiden voyage meal of my new kitchen (IF it ever gets finished!!!)
And about the costumes? Too funny! T turned 5 yesterday and we said, "You get to get dressed up, because you're a big boy now!" And he wanted to wear his Spiderman costume from Halloween - to him, it was the nicest thing he owns!
Kids are too funny. :)
At 5:28 PM,
Nicole (SummersComing) said…
Yummmm! Zucchini! I tried to make crispy zucchini slices in the oven with just a hint of olive oil and italian spices. It was...okay. I'll have to look up the Cooking Light recipe!
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