Yesterday was Elise's 2nd Birthday. Since she likes to ride trains, we all took her on the Gold Line into downtown Los Angeles and had a little party for her at the iconic Philippe's. This was our "4 G" field trip for the week. The sawdust on the floor of Philippe's was perfect for 4 little kids to eat dinner over. It was raining a good part of the time, but we never seemed to get too wet going from train to restaurant to train.
Coco was dressed in her red coat with her ruby slippers. She felt like a little princess for the day.
We had a "cookie" cake for her at Philippe's and she blew out both of her candles. There was cheering for her in the restaurant because of her birthday.
It was a pretty good sized group that went downtown for her birthday dinner. . .Great Grandma and Grandpa, Grandma, Meg, Danny, Gavin, Coco, James, Megster, Ethan, Ellie, Alana and Steve (Grandpa Brad joined us later after the Eagle Scout Court of Honor for one of his Eagle Scouts). Ethan found that if you dropped food on the floor, you could eat the sawdust for some extra roughage along with the food.
We only had one present for her to open downtown. It was a handheld music box that plays her favorite tune, "It's a Small World".
When we got ready to leave, the heavens opened up and we all had to get our umbrellas out. Thanks to Steve for driving us to the Disney Concert Hall to hear the LA Philharmonic, while the little kids went home on the train.
Just a few extra pictures here. We brought a few treats back to the little kids from Hawaii. I think their favorites were the new sandals for the summer.
Since Alana is home on her placement break, we went to Stats in Pasadena and looked around the penultimate Christmas store. Gavin found a surfing Santa, and didn't quite know what that big belly button was doing there.
Slowly but surely, Meg and Danny's house is getting finished. Coco and Gavin enjoy riding their cart around on the new floors.
Yesterday was Elise's 2nd Birthday. Since she likes to ride trains, we all took her on the Gold Line into downtown Los Angeles and had a little party for her at the iconic Philippe's. This was our "4 G" field trip for the week. The sawdust on the floor of Philippe's was perfect for 4 little kids to eat dinner over. It was raining a good part of the time, but we never seemed to get too wet going from train to restaurant to train.
Coco was dressed in her red coat with her ruby slippers. She felt like a little princess for the day.
We had a "cookie" cake for her at Philippe's and she blew out both of her candles. There was cheering for her in the restaurant because of her birthday.
It was a pretty good sized group that went downtown for her birthday dinner. . .Great Grandma and Grandpa, Grandma, Meg, Danny, Gavin, Coco, James, Megster, Ethan, Ellie, Alana and Steve (Grandpa Brad joined us later after the Eagle Scout Court of Honor for one of his Eagle Scouts). Ethan found that if you dropped food on the floor, you could eat the sawdust for some extra roughage along with the food.
We only had one present for her to open downtown. It was a handheld music box that plays her favorite tune, "It's a Small World".
When we got ready to leave, the heavens opened up and we all had to get our umbrellas out. Thanks to Steve for driving us to the Disney Concert Hall to hear the LA Philharmonic, while the little kids went home on the train.
Just a few extra pictures here. We brought a few treats back to the little kids from Hawaii. I think their favorites were the new sandals for the summer.
Since Alana is home on her placement break, we went to Stats in Pasadena and looked around the penultimate Christmas store. Gavin found a surfing Santa, and didn't quite know what that big belly button was doing there.
Slowly but surely, Meg and Danny's house is getting finished. Coco and Gavin enjoy riding their cart around on the new floors.
1 comment:
I've never been to Phillipe's when it was empty enough to seat a crowd. It looks like fun! (And sets me to craving for some authentic French dip!!)
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