Dinner for Mama’s Birthday


After swim, we celebrated Mama’s birthday at a Japanese restaurant nearby. The last time we had teppanyaki, Peanut was only 5 months old and dprobably slept through most of the show.

Today, he had a good view of the cooking and got a little scared of the fire.


Janie got a giant plate of shrimp and veggies, which she loved.


We got a family photo at the end of the meal, which is rare for us lately.


For dessert, we walked across the street to CREAM for ice cream. Yum!

On our walk back to the car, Peanut serenaded Mama with “You Are My Sunshine”.

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Sushi and Shopping


This evening, we had sushi for dinner. They both love tuna rolls. What’s interesting is that Peanut prefers Mama’s spicy tuna rolls so we had to order his own plate!


Janie is also rather proficient at using chopsticks now too.


Before heading home after dinner, we stopped at Safeway next door. The kids had fun carrying their own baskets.

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