Ryan's Birthday

Forgot to mention this in my previous post!

Sunday, November 13th, was my grandson's 8th birthday. I was up in his neighborhood, at my daughter's, although it wasn't her visitation weekend. She had, however, gotten permission to take him for breakfast or lunch. As it turned out, the whole family--his and ours--met for brunch at a nice, family-type, breakfast specialty restaurant. Ry's birthday party was slated for the next weekend, but we all met to celebrate his actual day.

The restaurant offers a big (what they call) pancake that takes 30 minutes to prepare. Nathan and Kendra had ordered one for us all to share. (It was HUGE!) We all ordered other food, as well...and Nathan bought for all of us--himself, Kendra, Ryan, Robin, Megan, Denis, and me. It wasn't cheap, I'm sure!

When the waitress discovered that we were celebrating the little guy's birthday, she brought a large muffin-style cake with a candle in it. It made the day special!

The following Saturday was Ry's party--at a place just over the line into Wisconsin, called Action Territory. It's a glorified Chuck E. Cheese-type place, but with laser tag and bumper cars... There were 10 kids and 8 adults in attendance. The children all enjoyed themselves. The adults...well...not so much!