Yo Shorty

Well, my buddy Emmett turned 4 years old. Hard to believe. To his credit, he doesn't look a day over 3 and a half. We went to his birthday party at the Children's Museum in Seattle. What a totally neat place. I think it must have been designed by kids because it had just the very kind of stuff that you always dreamed about playing in. If I had to choose my favorite, that would be the Mexican restaurant. This is Emmett's favorite too.


You can pretend that you work behind the counter and serve you parents tacos and rice and quesadillas.


And cokes or horchada or whatever the people order.


Order up!


Every once in a while you can take your break and have a taco yourself. But then its back behind the counter. Mama kept trying to get me to the other rooms, like the Construction Zone where you wear a hard hat and mini tool belt and you screw and nail stuff together (which is like every day with Grandpa at home) or Cog City or the Mindwarp room, but I wouldn't leave my shift at the restaurant and just kept explaining to her that "I'm working!"



Firetruck fantasy fulfilled. I'll probably be a firefighter for Halloween because that is still the number one obsession for me at this juncture.


I took another shift at the Phillipino restaurant down the street.


And then we went into Emmett's private birthday room and he opened presents. When he opened one of the cars that I gave him he said "oh, I never wanted this" which made us all laugh very very hard. Emmett's a totally funny guy.


When they brought out the cake, he didn't wait for the cutting he just shoved his face into it and took a bite. That's just the way he rolls!


And then after pizza and juice and cake, we went back out to 'splore all the other rooms at the museum. You couldn't drag us away from the crane and hook scene. Emmett and I took turns on the wheels because we are friends who like and respect each other.


Happy Birthday Pal! Thanks for inviting me to your party, I had a great time!