Years ago, when Kiandra celebrated her 10th birthday, I took her on a special date, for dessert, to the revolving restaurant in our city. Kezia was so jealous of our date and began counting the days until she would be old enough to go to the revolving restaurant too. Unfortunately, I found out too late that the restaurant closed on December 31 just over a month before Kezia turned 10. She was so disappointed and although there were many rumours that it would open again, nothing seemed to be happening. Kezia would often mention it as we passed the downtown landmark and sigh with deep despair that she would never have a chance to go there.
A few weeks ago, I found out that the restaurant was indeed going to open again and my plan was to keep that news a secret from Kezia and surprise her with a lunch date in honour of her, now really late, 10th birthday. Yesterday was the day it finally worked out to take her.
The views of the frigid city were remarkable:
The food was fantastic! I had a honey mustard chicken burger with a berry compote and Kezia had a fire roasted chicken pasta dish.
Riding the glass elevator down:
After our delicious lunch I drove Kezia to her friend's house for a sleepover, I stopped at the school to do some prep, and then I went home to pick Kaden up for his last game of the Christmas Challenge tournament. He has played 5 games in the last 3 days! This last game was for the bronze medal. It was a very even game and a real nail biter! They scored in the first and then we tied it up late in the third. Kaden's team got another goal to make it 2-1 with just 3 minutes left in the game....we thought that was the end...until the other team scored with just 1 minute left to make it a 2-2 final score. In the case of a tie, the teams play a 3 on 3 two minute period and that ended without a score...even when our player was tripped on a breakaway and had a penalty shot. Then it went to a 2-2 two minute period and Kaden's team broke out right after the puck dropped to score a goal!! What a win!

It would have gotten even more intense if that player wouldn't have scored because it would have scored it would have gone to a 1 on 1 two minute period and then 1 on 1 without a goalie and Kaden's coach said that Kaden would have been up for that play. Yikes! I was already stressed for the players and they weren't even my kids!
So it was a Bronze medal win for Kaden's team and the end of the Christmas challenge.