Today we did a dry run for my birthday on Tuesday. Originally John was going to be out of town on my birthday so we made plans to celebrate today instead. Then John switched his travel dates, but we decided to keep our plans anyways.
So we took the kids and headed down to the Strip district in downtown Pittsburgh and made the rounds to our favorite hot spots. We loaded up on chips, guacamole, salsa and chips at the Mexican food store. The kids wanted me to pick out one of the pinatas hanging in the store for my birthday but I talked them out of it.
Then we watched them making tortillas from scratch. They started with a mixing bowl of dough and it went through a little machine and came out cooked and ready to package on the other side.
It smelled sooooo good in there that we ended up eating lunch at their outside stand even though it was freezing cold!
Then we hit the baklava lady and picked up my birthday baklava tray. She wanted to know when the party was. I didn't have the heart to tell her that it was all for us! But it tastes amazing!
Next we hit the seafood store to check out the big fish and lobster tanks in the back of the store. The kids loved the lobsters especially when a customer came over and reached into the tank, picked up a live lobster, and held it up for the boys to see.
Then the boys got some free apples from a fresh fruit stand and loved eating them whole (I usually cut them up). Sam said that his teeth work on apples now that he is 4 years old!
The boys were exhausted so we only went into a few more stores before heading home.
The boys napped and John and I started a fire in the fireplace and took a nap in the family room. It was soooo relaxing!
Then John made his famous tacos for dinner and we all went into a food coma.
We had so much fun together today... it was my favorite present yet!
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