Because Everyone Loves Benihana.

(a note from me: I know many of you were hoping for an update about the blizzard. I owe it to you. With photos. But I had one more post to share from my Indy trip. And I've been under the weather. Literally and figuratively. So snow post later today...trust me. It's not going anywhere and neither am I.)

My Kansas friends are not lucky enough to know about Benihana. It's a Japanese steak house where a nice chef cooks your delicious food in front you. In Kansas we have a few different hibachi restaurants, but no Benihanas. My Indiana family loves Benihana.

So do Michael and Andy on "The Office." Remember that Christmas episode from Season 3? Oooh...I can't eat at Benihana without a chuckle about the shenanigans of that episode.

So what better place to celebrate Grandma Mary's birthday? At the end of the meal, everyone comes to sing and brings instruments. It's nice for the kids.

The whole meal is really a show. Volcanos made with onions. Fried rice shaped like a beating heart. A chef who can catch an egg in his hat. Our sweet chef Jose did a good job cooking and entertaining. He was only thrown off once when Spencer asked/yelled really loudly,

"HEY, hey, HEY! Do you think I'm three?"

He is four. He was just trying to see if Jose was paying attention.

Spencer has three older brothers and three older sisters. He likes all the attention he can get.

Don't worry, he gets PLENTY. I love my little dramatic buddy.