Rose turns 6 and has a birthday sundae - Red Robin, November 13th, 2013

(from the It's better with sprinkles department)

Hi everyone,

Rose turned six years old on November 13, 2013.  When we asked her where she wanted to go for dinner to celebrate, she answered - without hesitation - "RED ROBIN!!".

So - to the Northgate Red Robin, we went.  We all got burgers and ate fries - very yummy!

After dinner, she got the Red Robin birthday song from the wait staff, and a free sundae:

She was eating the sundae so fast, I had to turn on the flash to capture it:

And - yes - she finished the whole thing.  Happy birthday, Rose!

Cheers,
Paul

Dana's Birthday dinner at Palisade - May 17, 2011

(from the Happy Birthday to You department)

Hi everyone,

For Dana's birthday, we decided to go to one of our favorite restaurants - Palisade. This place is very cool. Every table has a view of Elliot Bay - and there's even a salt-water fixture in the middle of the restaurant with live fish and sea-life.

BTW - the hostess gave us some food to feed the fish. Best kid toy ever! When Rose got a little bored - which is normal for a 3 year old - we fed the fish.

Anyway - as dinner wound down - Rose asked if I would take her picture with Mommy. Thinking that this would be a cute, Mother/Daughter photo, I lined up the shot. This is what I got:




Yup - that's my kid alright. I finally did get Rose to pose a little - but she wouldn't look at the camera:




However - this next video made up for it. When they brought Dana a little birthday dessert, Rose started to sing her own version of Happy Birthday:



Of course, she whispered the whole song. Still - it was a special moment.

Cheers,
Paul