A couple of Saturdays ago we were invited to the Meza's

for lunch to celebrate Florencia's birthday.

Stephen had a blast being around so many ladies. As I type

he is over me looking at the pictures. I think we may be in trouble.

You really can't tell how much he enjoyed their company since

these pictures were taken with the cake right in front of him.

They say the way to a mans heat is through his stomach,

that may be the case with Stephen. The first picture

he is gazing at the cake with his tongue sticking out.

He was allowed to stick his finger in it. He loved the fresh

strawberries in the middle of the cake. It was a pastel

de tres leches, it was very tasty.

We then headed to my friend Hayde's for dinner. her son is

taking drum lessons and Stephen could not stay away.

Tonight Stephen got two plastic knives from the pantry and started

tapping them on the trash can. As I type he is tapping them

on me and an empty container. I think we may have a

future drummer, we shall see.

Rainforest Cafe

The next day we went shopping for Angel. Stephen was a trooper, but

he got tired after a few hours. To give him a break I thought it would

be a great idea to have lunch at the Rainforest Cafe so Stephen

could enjoy all the animals.

It would be perfect since he loves elephants...

and monkeys\gorillas

Well, it turned out to not be such a great idea. Stephen

got scared every time a rain storm came through and

all the animals started moving. He went from

Angel's side of the table to mine

From me back to Angel.

And from Angel back to me the whole time we were there.

He did smile when the lady made him this balloon caterpillar.

He was so happy to leave. Note to self: wait until a child is

old enough to enjoy and not be scared of the animatronic

robots of animals and insects at the Rainforest Cafe.