Mom and Laura have been visiting for Alex's birthday for the past few days. Mom arrived Thursday; Friday was date night so we dropped off the kids and went to El Arrierro for dinner with Al and Angel and Mom and just hang out and talked while we waited for Laura to arrive. Interesting exchange between the waiter and Laura, as we sat and talked while the restaurant otherwise emptied out:
waiter: "Can I get you anything else?"
Laura: "No, we're just sitting here taking up space."
waiter: "I can see that."
Saturday was the party. Nothing like the huge to-do we had last year, just some friends and family. Most of Beth's family came down for the day too. The big thing this year was the turtle sandbox. And a bunch of Wiggles stuff. Bowling night was in the evening and Mom and Laura went as spectators to a really awful night of bowling by both me and Beth. Sunday, we went out to American Table for breakfast and Alex did one of those "this is why I hate taking a toddler to a restaurant" performances, making a mess and a lot of noise. Well, it was our fault really, he got really bored waiting for a table.