Happy 5th Birthday Meghan

Happy Birthday Meghan!! Meghan relished the week long attention in celebration of her birthday. We celebrated her actual birthday by going out to dinner at Jam's steakhouse, a teppanyaki restaurant. It is one of her favorite restaurants because "they cook the food in front of you" and "its fun". I have to admit the food is good and it is fun. The restaurant celebrates birthdays by presenting a bottle of champagne (or apple cider) in an ice bucket strewn with sparklers by a masked monster or clown. Our kids (and the adults) loved it but the poor little Japanese boy on the other side of the table was terrified. We all had a good time and too much to eat!

We had so much fun treating Meghan to her 'princess for a day' routine we just had to keep it going. On Saturday we had a Bowling Party at Kadena's very psychedelically lit kids lanes. If you have not been there it is a real treat. Lots of black lights to make everything glow, kid music (no barney thank goodness), they even have retractable bumper and a rail system to help kids aim. The pizza isn't too bad either. Once again we broke out the princess cake mold with the barbie like top, really simple but very effective cake.

Afterwards I went and had a very relaxing facial, while Karl took the kids and their friend Ode to play back home. When I got back they were coated in black (something from the playground rubberized matting), sticky with candy (left over b-day goody bags) and all very tired from playing monster hunters and chasing Karl all round the 7th floor. :) After a good scrubbing to get the black gook off it was off to bed. It had been a lot of fun.