Although November 23 (tomorrow) is my mom’s 50th Birthday, N8 and I celebrated it with her today since she is flying out later this afternoon.

We took her to one of my favorite places, Elephant Bar where i really ate like a pregnant woman! It was great! Our tradition is to start out with their Spinach & Artichoke Dip which is TO DIE FOR!! Then, I had a sesame chicken dish with crispy noodles and steamed rice (my fave!) and mom had the Crispy Teriyaki Chicken, which is usually my usual. N8 had the kids Chicken Quesadillas (the kid is a tortilla fanatic!) I really like their kids menu because not only do you get a free sundae (see pics below) but you also get a great selection of entrees and a cool kids cup!

Anyway, mom was ESCTATIC to get her Kodak photo printer, which she’s been wanting ever since she got a digital camera eons ago. As you can see, she was thrilled. I also presented her with my homemade card (her fave) which listed “50 Things I Love About My Mother”. I could’ve come up with more, but i’ll save those for 60 or 75! Some entries were serious and sweet, some just plain funny like “(I love) Her corny jokes”. Anyway, she cried. She made me cry. It was comical in a weird way.

As it turns out, mom didn’t want her FREE birthday sundae, but n8 got his. As you can see, she was trying to share but it wasn’t going so well!

FYI- if you want your kid to get the strawberry sundae instead of the hot fudge (like i do), all you have to do is ask….they gladly make substitutions! 🙂