With Aunty Cris and Uncle Darcy in town, Sophie had a week solid of birthday celebrations and birthday treats. Birthday Party No. 1: The Old Spaghetti Factory. Sophie slurping up her Super Refined Sugar Bomb Oreo Shake (or something like that). Definitely a once-a-year treat.
Sophie with her brother on her actual birthday morning. The pink fuzzy pillow is a gift from Mom and Dad. I think the two of them look especially happa (half Asian, half haole) in this picture. But maybe that's just because of the thing Daniel's doing with his eyes.
That afternoon, we met Aunty Jan and Uncle Ron at Waikiki for a birthday picnic (Birthday No. 2) We had malasadas from Leonard's (Portuguese) bakery, in honor of the Caires. Right after the beach, Cris and Mom took Sophie to a Honolulu Youth Theater production of A Midsummer's Night Dream. It was a shortened, kid-friendly version, generally faithful to the original, except for a bizzare interlude called, "Halibut: The Fish of Denmark," in which the only things rotten were the puns.
Tuesday night, DeShannon took us to Tanaka's, a very yummy Japanese restaurant, for yet another celebration. Who's the birthday girl, and who's the queen?
Besides the parties and goodies already mentioned, Sophie also had a brownie and pink buttercream frosting cake with our fellowship group on Friday night, cupcakes with the children's choir on Sunday, then more cupcakes with her class on Monday. And that's not counting the two trips to Yogurt Land (a place where you can buy self-serve frozen yogurt and toppings by the pound) on Tuesday and Wednesday, shave ice from Matsumoto's the following Tuesday, Japanese sweet potato and haupia pie on Wednesday afternoon . . .
Did I mention that we're all on diets?
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