Happy Birthday to you . . .

Happy Birthday to Daddy!  Brian's birthday was Friday and Austin took the above picture of Brian making a 'silly birthday face'.  Brian's parents came to town for a few days and took us out to dinner on Friday night for Brian's birthday.  We went to the hibachi restaurnat in Cedar Falls.  They make all the food right in front of you and put on quite a show.  Colton sat in complete surprise and amazement the entire time our food was being prepared.  His eyes were as big as saucers and he seemed to be frozen as he watched.  He was definitely in awe of all the fire and utensil flipping that was going on!  We tried to capture pictures of the boys enjoying the show . . .

When the server asked what we would like to drink Austin said, "I would like a Shirley Temple with 4 cherries . . . no 3 cherries please."Austin had a little bowl of soup that he wanted to add yum yum sauce to.  He also added some of his Shirley Temple to the soup and then ate all of it!  Both boys really liked the soup that was served, it seemed to just be chicken broth so Austins attempt to add something to it seems legit!  Brians face in this picture definitely portrays his excitement as well!! 

 This picture captures Coltons expression pretty accurately.  As soon as the first flash of fire was created on the grill he froze.  See his little right arm is up in the air?  He sat like that for about 5 whole minutes . . . eyes wide and staring, mouth slightly open in awe, and arm frozen in mid air.  He did not know what to think.  We did a lot of clapping and "whoop whoop whoop" so that he would know this was a fun place to be.  When he was offered something to eat he seemed to snap out of it.  He loved the noodles too.  As you can see from his plate, we also brought some food from home to make sure he enjoyed his meal.

 You can see the grill in this picture . . . the chef made a volcano out of onion rings and fire was coming out of the top.  Austin thought the volcano was great and he was very impressed with the fire!

Colton relaxed a bit in this picture and was enjoying the show more.  Once he saw the fire at our table he started watching the fire at all of the other tables in the room.  There was so much to watch and see, the time seemed to fly by while we were at the restaurant!  What a fun experience for these two little guys!

Here is Austin at the end of the meal.  He went around behind the grill and said he was going to make something for us.  He stood there and made a couple sound effects and I snapped a quick picture.  He was very entertaining, as always!  And the below picture is Austin making his 'silly face' again!  After dinner we had cupcakes and sang happy birthday!!  What a great evening and a great visit with Grandma and Grandpa!