Birthday Lunch

Luke did great entertaining Katherine!

Luke sportin' Lauren's hat

Luke had to help Nene blow out the candles!

Katherine slept so peacefully at the end

Luke's treat for being so good -- a visit to the train

I had a hair cut scheduled this morning and so did Virginia. We met for coffee afterward to catch up.  Even though we were only together an hour or so we had fun just talking and relaxing.  I got home in time to finish getting the kids ready to head out again.

We celebrated Paula's birthday today by  having lunch at Maggiano's.  We did not think it would be too busy on a Saturday.  It was not busy when we got there but by the time we left 2 1/2 hours later it was getting pretty packed.  The food was wonderful and the kids did great!  Katherine whined at first but was good after Bill and I alternated walking her around.  We were there a lot longer than we expected.  The server was so sweet but it just seemed to take a long time to order, then to get our food and the for them to bring the cake out.  When they finally did bring the cake out it was the wrong one!  How crazy was that?!?!  Apparently there was another birthday party there and they picked the wrong cake.  The quickly fixed the situation and were very apologetic.  We got a good laugh out of it.  We were so happy to get together with everyone to celebrate Paula's special day!

After Maggiano's we went to Centennial Park for Luke to see the train.  I am not sure how long his fascination with trains is going to last but he sure does love them right now!  Since it was so cold Katherine and I stayed in the car while the two boys got out and looked at the train.  To Luke's amazement a real train was going by as well so he got to watch it and point out all the different color trains and tried to figure out what was in them.

We all came home for naps following that and enjoyed being inside the rest of the day.