Happy Birthday Lou!

I LOVE the Canal Walk Downtown and Andy works right on it.  We've been planning on kidnapping Andy for his birthday forever, and the chilly forecast was not about to deter us!  Lucky for us it was sunny, unlucky for us I didn't think to bring gloves for the kids or a stroller for that matter-so "put your hands into your pockets" was repeated frequently and piggyback rides dealt out in copious amounts on the trip back!!

On my way to the Children's Museum one day a couple of weeks ago I saw this restaurant on 10th Street and the canal. I had no idea what the name of it was, what kind of food they served or what the prices were like...but I saw it was open for lunch...PERFECT!  As we passed block after block along the canal, Andy asked me a couple of times, "Are you sure the restaurant is on the canal?!" 
45 min walk later..."TA DA!" I was right!
"Creation Cafe" was it's name and it was worth the walk! Cool place, good food.

 

I totally loved the eclectic vibe at the restraunt.  All the tablecloths were handpainted canvas.

I talked Jax out of buying Andy a new Transformer for his birthday, though his argument that it really was for daddy..."because he loves playing Transformers with me!" was almost convincing! I also talked Eliza out of buying him a Disney princess doll.  In the end, what more could a dad ask for than NERF guns from the kids?!

Thought we'd just "shoot the breeze" to conclude the special birthday day!