Happy Birthday Fred!

What a great ending to a great weekend. we celebrated Fred's Birthday in Japanese style!

We went to a Hibatchi Grill in Manahawkin N.J., and not only ate great food but were also entertained.

Our Chef was very funny and really played it up for the kids. Willie-T didn't quite know what to make of it all, afterall we are always telling him NOT to play with his food . . .








This is our Chef, he started the event off by igniting a GIGANTIC fire on the grill, it felt like our eyebrows were being burned off. But they werent thank goodness, just our arm hair . . .















He started with fried rice, he threw his utensils around, cracked some eggs, squirted oil and VOILA! We had fried rice.














His hands moved light lightning, and he started to shape the rice into something, but what?














He shaped it into a Birthday Heart for Fred!











And then he stuck his spatula in it and made it beat, it was a riot. Yeah, we were drinking wine and that might have made it funnier . . . but it was funny and we were hungry!












The highlight (or LIGHT) of the evening was the "Volcano Onion". Cakie was talking about this all day (she had been to this restuarant recently with Nana & PopPop), and she was right, it was really cool and made me wonder how the heck they got fire insurance. You could feel the heat on your eyeballs.








The chef then made our dinners; shrimp, chicken, lobster, steak and veggies. YUMMIE. He used ginger, garlic, soy sauce and sesame seeds. It was awesome. And, he didnt throw the food at us, he threw it at our plates . . .











Here's Uncle Scott, the Birthday Boy, Willie-T and Suzie enjoying the food (and wine!)













Yahoo! Happy Birthday daddy!!! This is fun!












Nana and Pop Pop were there too!













This is JJ playing the Birthday Gong, Yes this place had a goofy Birthday Ritual too, they played this canned music and banged a Gong. It was loud and sufficiently embarrising for Fred (goodie!)










Then we went back home for Birthday Cake and some B&B. What a great way to end the evening!














Here's the Birthday Boy's pretty wife, Suzie











Here's the Beautiful Ms. Molly, our photographer didn't get any pictures of her at the restaurant, so this is a shot taken before we went to the restaurant.
















OK, Who doesnt LOVE cake? Fred had 4 mini cakes to choose from. I had a piece from each, can you say piggie? But hey, I was on Holiday Baby!!!













This was our photographer for the evening. Miss Caileen a.k.a. Cakie. She is 6 and she took all of these pictures, didnt she do an AWESOME job? Including this self portrait, I might add! I think we have a budding photographer in the family!








The end to a great Birthday -- Fred's boat is out of the water, we had a great dinner, we were all together and had some cake. Can life get any better?

Happy Birthday Fred and many, many, more! We love you!