Benihana Birthday.
As you all know by now, my niece (Julia) is spending some time up here in Atlanta with us for her summer vacation. Well, yesterday was her 8th birthday, and it was the first actual birthday she spent away from her family. So we tried really hard to make it extra special. :)
The day started off early with tennis camp, and we were going to head straight to the pool afterwards. It didn't open for an hour, though, so we headed home to regroup and plan the rest of the day. The birthday girl decided she wanted to go to Monkey Joe's to jump around for a while, so we packed up and headed over there so the kids could jump themselves silly for a few hours.
Afterwards we stopped by my sister's salon so Julia could be transformed into a Hannah Montana rockstar:
Yes, we got permission from her parents first and it's only temporary color so it'll fade before school starts. But she was so excited to get a pink streak put in her hair! Kieran wanted a green one. :-D
I had to finish up some work stuff and get cleaned up, so I took the kids home to chill for a bit before we met Tricia at Benihana's for dinner. Julia loves sushi, and hibachi is always fun for a birthday. We were a little disappointed with the lack of tricks and fanfare during the cooking (no fire??? no onion volcano??), but they made up for it with the birthday balloon hat:
Julia is just so cute and so cooperative about pictures! She's obviously not one of MY kids. :D
I think she had a great birthday, and I think it helped her not be too sad that her family wasn't around to celebrate with her. There were lots of phone calls to Florida, though, so they were here in spirit. :)
More photos from the day:
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