Sue and Richard were able to come visit for a day while Ava was here. We celebrated that Saturday night with some pad thai dinner and an ice cream cake.
On Monday for her actual birthday we took her to Starbucks for breakfast (a favorite for the kids). The kids played and Cirdan went to work. Since it was picture day at dance that afternoon it was a crazy night. We had planned on us waiting at the studio for Kaiya to get done with her first set of pictures then go to Red Robin during her break. Everything was running later than planned (of course) so after Ella's pictures we waited around for a while then decided to go eat without Kaiya. We didn't have any better luck at Red Robin. We had the slowest/worst server in Washington. It took forever to get our food and we had to ask multiple times for things (like kids menus). We told the girl that it was Ava's birthday so they would come sing to her. We waited and waited. The waitress finally brought out an ice cream dessert for her and said they would come sing to her soon. We waited some more and nothing was happening. She finished her ice cream and the kids were getting super restless. I was getting very annoyed and irritated so we decided to just leave. We had been there for about 2 hours. I felt bad for Ava....
On our way out I asked to talk to a manager. I NEVER do that. This had pushed me over the edge though. The manager gave us a gift card...she said next time Ava is in town come back and say its her birthday so they can sing. She was very apologetic. We ended the night with Ava, Ella and I going to the mall to get her a couple shirts.
I can't believe Ava is 7! I remember the day Cirdan found out that she was born. So many things have happened these past 7 years and I am really glad that she is now able to be a part of our family. She has grown so much in these past 3 years since we have known her.
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