In the lobby of the Four Seasons just before M.A.'s departure today. We also peeked in on Santa having tea and tiny sandwiches with well-dressed, well-behaved robots disguised as young children. At least, we assume that's what they were since no children under six that we know would be able to sip tea so calmly from a real China teacup (well, maybe Bailey). Goals, Larkin and Logan, goals.
You'll notice Larkin worked up such a sweat that she had to take her shirt off before all the gifts were opened. She and Logan both were pretty pleased with all the fun new gifts!
Whew! It has been a day. Larkin had her birthday party this afternoon at a new play center in Austin called Catch Air. We had a great turn out, and the staff did all the set up and take down. So it was a win all around. About the only mishaps were a miscommunication about the number of kids we would have, resulting in a smaller room and lack of seating. And then our "party coordinator" asked me if I cared how she set up the candles on the cake. I said I didn't care, meaning I didn't care where on the cake she put them. She evidently took that to mean "put all the candles all over the cake" rather than to just use 5 candles. So poor Larkin had to do a little extra huffing and puffing.
The party place had an underwater theme, so I put crazy fish masks in the goody bags. The kids seemed to like them. We are all exhausted and proud of our five year old!
Logan has discovered the deliciousness that is Jimmy's chicken and dumplings. We made it back to Austin with some leftovers, and she's been requesting "chee chee dumpies" pretty much at every meal, including for breakfast and for made-up meals like "second dinner."
We had cupcakes and sang Happy Birthday to Larkin and David last night. Larkin will turn 5 on Dec. 5th and David will be 6 on Dec. 18th.
Last night John came in the kitchen dressed as Batman at the same time Marvin was coming in from another door. I saw John and said, "Oh! It's Batman!" Meanwhile, David, looking at Marvin, said ,"no, that's just Lex Luther." John took it to heart, apparently, and kept his distance for much of the evening.
