Scott and I asked Ben what kind of dinner he would like for his birthday, and he picked the "restaurant with the fish tank," which (for the locals) is Margaret Kuo's in Frazier. Ben loves the shrimp tempura rolls for dinner and a giant bowl of free spicy pickles while he waits for them. He likes the spicy pickles so much that he grabs the bowl provided for the table all for himself, takes his fork, and sits quietly eating all the pickles at his place for the next 10 minutes or so while the rest of us just stare at him with our mouths wide open. I'm exaggerating a little bit, but not that much. The boy can really put away pickles. And shrimp tempura roll. And pot stickers. And white rice. And orange slices. And the "cookies with the words at the end."
Fortunately, everyone in the family loves Margaret Kuo's too, so we had a splendid and tasty birthday dinner. Grandma and Pops joined us for the very festive celebration. Scott decided to try ordering a Peking Duck, so we enjoyed a special carving ceremony too. The highlight of the evening, aside from the pickles, was that the waitstaff let Ben ring the gong for the Peking Duck delivery because it was his birthday. He definitely got a kick out of that.
The birthday dinner was followed by a tasty brownie cake in the shape of a Lego mini-figure (made in a very cool Lego baking mold found by my mom). There were some presents too, most of which were the Lego variety. Ben did not want to go to School Camp today because he wanted to stay at home and build Legos. Mean mother that I am, I made Ben go to school so I could head over to the teaching store to pick-up Summer Bridging workbooks for everyone (see?! I really am a mean mom). And then, Ben a.k.a. The Lego Taskmaster rode me hard all afternoon to help him assemble superhero Legos.
How cute is this cake mold?!
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