Birthday Boy

We went to a buffet today for lunch. It was to celebrate Little Kat's birthday. He said he likes the buffet because they have chocolate milk. Strange. Momoko loves their cabbage. Kit Kat was looking for clam chowder, but had to settle for their potato crisps. Me, I like their salad bar.

After lunch we headed home to open presents. I gave Little Kat some binoculars. This was in addition to the cell phone cover I gave him earlier this week. Momoko got Little Kat a TI-84 Plus calculator. It is the one they use in school. Little Kat was a bit disappointed. Kit Kat game him some Nintendo DS accessories. Up until this is was an ok birthday. But then Kit Kat snuck upstairs, and brought down Momoko's real gift. It was a Nintendo DSi XL.

Man this thing looks cool. It is almost like a netbook computer. Little Kat browsed the web. He also used some funny apps to draw on top of people's pictures. The thing has a camera on it. So Little Kat is dangerous. The DSi XL turned out to be the best birthday gift ever according to Little Kat. He later cleaned up with some cash and other gifts from my family. Things are looking up for the little guy.

Beach and Pool

I was the first to wake up yesterday. We ate a light breakfast to save room for an all-you-can eat restaurant later. The first item on the agenda was to hit the beach. It was kind of empty the day before. But I guess the weekend brings in the people.

Momoko and I set up our umbrellas as close to the ocean as possible. However there were people in the way. Kit Kat and Little Kat went to play in the waves. Little Kat brought his boogie board. Kit Kat tired after a while, and lay in front of Momoko and myself. I got my latest book half way read.

Later Momoko had me call every buffet in town. They were all expensive. I recommended we head to Golden Corral. The entire family vetoed that idea. They wanted seafood. We ended up going to a place that Little Kat looked fancy.

After dinner I fell asleep. Momoko took the kids down to the heated indoor poor. By the time they got back to the room, Little Kat was in bad shape. The chlorine got in his eyes and puffed them up. He also allegedly snuck up behind Kit Kat and ticked her in the pool. She jumped and instinctively turned around and gave him a chop. Her finger nail must have been involved because he had a gash in his chest.

Today we drove home. Again we had a light breakfast, because Sonic was a stop on the road home. As usual the vacation was too short. I go back to work tomorrow.

Dinner Motivation

Momoko and Little Kat went out to do some errands. At first I just watched some animation. But then I got to work. I cut the grass in the front and back yards. It was grueling work. However it needed to be done.

Then I came in, took a shower, and passed out. I awoke to a persistent knock on the bedroom door. Momoko was hungry. And we were supposed to eat out today to celebrate Labor Day weekend.

I mustered up what little energy I had. We got us some Chinese buffet. It was a 30 minute drive to my favorite Chinese restaurant. We found that it was worth it. Little Kat got full, and was saved when the waitress took his plate while he was in the bathroom.

Momoko and Little Kat wanted to see a movie afterwards. I needed to get home to rest. The funny thing was that we had Little Kat navigate us home. He was able to chose the right directions for the whole 30 minute trip. If he were a bit older, he might be ready for a driver's license.