This past weekend, Paige and I took a road trip down to Springfield, MO. Every year I go down to see my friend, Kelly, and her family. I usually bring Paige because she loves to play with Kelly’s son, Bennett. We drove down on Friday morning and met Kelly for lunch at Cheddar’s. I introduced Paige to the Cookie Monster dessert that is absolutely awesome. Of course, she loved it!!

Kelly agreed to throw a Thirty One party for me so we did it Friday night. Kelly’s dad and hubbie took all the kids out to McDonald’s while we had our party. It was fun and I got to connect with someone I went to high school with. When the kids got home – they crashed. I didn’t even have to time to give her a bath.

Bennett had a basketball game on Saturday so we went to the downtown YMCA to watch him play. I ran into a few more people that I went to high school with – crazy! Every time out that Bennett had Paige would run over and give him a hug and pat on the back. It was very adorable! We did Fudruckers for lunch and went home for a nap.

We decided to go to Nakato Japanese Steakhouse Saturday night but we stopped by Kelly’s friends’ party. It was an annual pumpkin bowling party. They had a stack of pumpkins all different sizes and everyone got a turn to roll a pumpkin down the steep hill and try to get it up the ramp and hit a target. They also had sling shots to launch pumpkins high in the air. It was super crazy but Paige had a blast. She just rolled the baby pumpkins but she did have a nice straight roll. Here are few pics of the party.

Nakato’s was great as usual and super busy as usual. I ordered shrimp and shared my sides with Paige. Of course, she wouldn’t try anything except the noodles. Her typical Asian diet consists of edamame and rice. She wouldn’t even touch the yummy hibachi veggies. Crazy girl!

Sunday morning came quickly. We decided to go to Ziggy’s since I hadn’t been there in a long time.

I use to eat there back in the good ole days. Sometimes for normal breakfast with the fam – sometimes for snack after the bars. Anyway, it has been remodeled but the food is still amazing. Some things never change!