Double Birthday Lunch

My birthday is coming up (tomorrow actually), and I happen to share my birth date with a good friend of mine, Meg Knight. Meg and I decided that it would be fun to have a birthday lunch together. Of course, since that would be during the daytime hours, we would have all of our children with us. Even though that meant the number of children would vastly outnumber the number of adults, we opted to not dine at a fast food restaurant, but at a real sit-down place. After all, it is our birthday! Olive Garden was chosen and a table for eight was reserved. We reminded the kids of proper behavior before entering the restaurant and, much to the mommies' delight, they all did really well. They used their good manners and we managed to have a nice birthday lunch with quite a bit of adult conversation considering there were only two adults present and six children. It was a nice treat. Perhaps it will become an annual tradition. Of course, next year two cars will be needed to accommodate all involved since Knight baby boy #3 will not have a place to sit in the old MacDonald suburban. It was a very full car today! Happy birthday tomorrow, Meg!