January and February have always been full of birthday celebrations in my immediate family growing up. Mom started the festivities on January 19th- I think we always had a cake with hers ;), the John (my brother) followed close behind on Jan. 30th, of course he too got a cake, what kid doesn't? And last but, certainly NOT least was Dad on Feb. 5th :) Well, by the time dad's rolled around I think we tended to be caked out so we would get creative...I remember a few unique years- a donut cake (a dozen or so stacked with candles on top), a Twinkie cake (same idea), and other fun takes on the festive birthday dessert.
Well over the years we have started combining the celebrations to cut back on the number of cakes and goodies that we all consume and to make it more of a big gathering I guess. And this year was no exception... We decided on dinner and a good time together so our option was eat out or in. Well, we opted for out (sounded great to me since obviously I would have been the cook!) and with Lucas these days this can be quite interesting. An adventurous toddler and a restaurant don't always mix. Some nights he is great and we get all kinds of wonderful comments from other diners around us about how good he is. But then we have the NOT so great nights in which one of us doesn't eat, spends the time chasing him up and down the restaurant AFTER he has pitched ALL of his food on the floor, and we end up basically getting dinner TO GO and hightailing it out of there BEFORE the meltdown ensues. Can anyone else relate? Maybe it is just us.... Especially when we are talking about late dinner (7ish). So we started thinking about our options and came up with a favorite of John's, a Japanese Steakhouse. Perfect! Good food that we don't get too often AND fantastic entertainment for our little adventurer :) Maybe we will actually get to enjoy dinner and time with everyone.
So off we went and I have to admit overall, it was a great night. We had a great company, yummy food, and fantastic entertainment. Lucas was mesmerized by the show, but...the fire was a little scary. With mommy nearby he quickly came back around after the flames died down and kept watching/eating. He really had fun with his big cousin Justin, he always loves to play with him :) And of course getting to see Grandpa, uncle John, and Karen was great too! I think we all had a great evening and enjoyed celebrating two special birthdays, well- guess it was really three in spirit. :) We'll have to think of another excuse to do it again soon!
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