Pancakes, the Park and Katsuya

Today was one of those perfect family days - good food, carefree day and fun times.

We started the day with blueberry pancakes. The mini ones are for Sean Patrick:

These are Sean Patrick's first pieces of pancake (no syrup):

He is still not coordinated enough to pick things up and precisely get them in his mouth. We are at a grab-and-stuff-into-mouth situation...sometimes he gets things in his mouth, but mostly not. Here he is planning his attack...

Daddy ends up giving him a hand to get some in his mouth:

Then we headed over to Americana on Brand in Glendale. It's an outdoor mall with a lovely plaza area. The plaza has nice, shaded grassy areas plus a kids playground. It also has a lovely fountain where water dances to synchronized music once an hour.

Ok truth: I picked this location because I know that dogs are not allowed on the plaza at Americana on Brand. I wanted Sean Patrick's first experience on grass to be dog pee and poop free :)

Sean Patrick really liked the grass. At first, he didn't know what to make of it. It seemed that he was unsure if he could crawl on it but he tested the waters and then he was off. You'll see in this video that at the very end, the water show starts at the fountain (to his left) so that's what he's looking at the end:

While we were at Americana on Brand, we stopped in at Mommy's favorite sushi place...Katsuya. The best Katsuya location is the original one in Studio City, this one we went to in Glendale is "Katsuya by Stark" - a fancy-pants version of the original.

Very modern interior:

Fancy-pants menu:




Sean Patrick was not fazed by the fancy-pants restaurant. He dropped his puffs on the floor like he was at home and played fetch with his water bottle and the waiters (he even charmed the people at the next table to pick up his water bottle).

Sean Patrick chowed down on his puffs while Mommy had her all-time favorite Katsuya dish, crispy rice with spicy tuna (while Daddy enjoyed a Kobe cheeseburger):




SP had a ball!