As part of Emily's Christmas from us, we got her a gift card to Build-a-Bear Workshop. She has been wanting to go for a long time and Alyssa has been wanting to take her. (Alyssa has two; a monkey and a rabbit) We had tickets to see the Harlem Globetrotters and arrangements for Eli to stay with Grandma, so we thought it would be the perfect time to go to BABW while we were already going to be in Kansas City. Emily chose a black lab and named him Oreo. She was quite the bargin shopper when it came to picking out clothes that were on sale for Oreo. But the cloth, fold up dog house she bought made up for all the money she saved on the clothes. BABW is quite an expensive activity, but if Oreo keeps Emily from thinking about how she wants a real, live Yorkie-poo for awile, it was well worth the money!
Before the Harlem Globetrotters, we ate at Willie's Kansas City. We hadn't eaten there yet and since it sits right beside the Sprint Center, we thought it was a good time to go. Eli was not with us, but this picture is a perfect one to represent Willie's, so I included it. Doesn't he look like a future Tiger? The kids didn't know we were going to stop at Willie's and Alyssa was the first one to see the sign when we drove by. She asked if we were eating there. When we said yes, she screamed, "I'm getting hot wings!". That girl could live on Willie's hot wings; well, actually, she could live on just the Willie's hot wings SAUCE. She puts it on nearly everything. We'd been out of it at home for awhile, so she was pleased when the waitress finally produced a bottle for us that we could buy. She thought they were out, but someone found one for us. Emily had chicken strips and said, "This is the best chicken I ever ate!". I'll send the compliments to the owner. ha-ha! She did have one request, though. She thinks that one of the TV's should play cartoons. I'll have to e-mail Lance. :)
The Harlem Globetrotters put on an awesome show! Everyone
should go see them at least once. I told the kids that before the game was over, someone would probably lose their pants and I was right. Two Globetrotters covered their faces like ninjas and army crawled all the way to the free throw line and pulled down the pants of the Washington General player who was trying to shoot. And of course the auidence got a couple of buckets of water thrown on them. Big Easy, who is in the picture with Emily, autographed our ball after the show. Big Easy said he had
three brothers: Over Easy, Speak Easy and Mac and Cheesey. ha-ha! Emily is still talking about Big Easy. Doesn't Emily look so small next to him? He is 6'9". It was funny when the Generals started to cheat. We were sitting right behind their bench and behind the scorekeeper. So when the Generals' coach changed the score to put them in the lead, Emily was worried. She couldn't understand why the referee didn't change the score back. I told her not to worry, that the Globetrotters would be able to catch up despite the Generals' cheating and it would make their win much better. I'm sure we'll attend another Globetrotter show when they come back to Kansas City. The players had such awesome ball handling skills and were so much fun to watch.
As part of Emily's Christmas from us, we got her a gift card to Build-a-Bear Workshop. She has been wanting to go for a long time and Alyssa has been wanting to take her. (Alyssa has two; a monkey and a rabbit) We had tickets to see the Harlem Globetrotters and arrangements for Eli to stay with Grandma, so we thought it would be the perfect time to go to BABW while we were already going to be in Kansas City. Emily chose a black lab and named him Oreo. She was quite the bargin shopper when it came to picking out clothes that were on sale for Oreo. But the cloth, fold up dog house she bought made up for all the money she saved on the clothes. BABW is quite an expensive activity, but if Oreo keeps Emily from thinking about how she wants a real, live Yorkie-poo for awile, it was well worth the money!
Before the Harlem Globetrotters, we ate at Willie's Kansas City. We hadn't eaten there yet and since it sits right beside the Sprint Center, we thought it was a good time to go. Eli was not with us, but this picture is a perfect one to represent Willie's, so I included it. Doesn't he look like a future Tiger? The kids didn't know we were going to stop at Willie's and Alyssa was the first one to see the sign when we drove by. She asked if we were eating there. When we said yes, she screamed, "I'm getting hot wings!". That girl could live on Willie's hot wings; well, actually, she could live on just the Willie's hot wings SAUCE. She puts it on nearly everything. We'd been out of it at home for awhile, so she was pleased when the waitress finally produced a bottle for us that we could buy. She thought they were out, but someone found one for us. Emily had chicken strips and said, "This is the best chicken I ever ate!". I'll send the compliments to the owner. ha-ha! She did have one request, though. She thinks that one of the TV's should play cartoons. I'll have to e-mail Lance. :) 
The Harlem Globetrotters put on an awesome show! Everyone 
should go see them at least once. I told the kids that before the game was over, someone would probably lose their pants and I was right. Two Globetrotters covered their faces like ninjas and army crawled all the way to the free throw line and pulled down the pants of the Washington General player who was trying to shoot. And of course the auidence got a couple of buckets of water thrown on them. Big Easy, who is in the picture with Emily, autographed our ball after the show. Big Easy said he had
three brothers: Over Easy, Speak Easy and Mac and Cheesey. ha-ha! Emily is still talking about Big Easy. Doesn't Emily look so small next to him? He is 6'9". It was funny when the Generals started to cheat. We were sitting right behind their bench and behind the scorekeeper. So when the Generals' coach changed the score to put them in the lead, Emily was worried. She couldn't understand why the referee didn't change the score back. I told her not to worry, that the Globetrotters would be able to catch up despite the Generals' cheating and it would make their win much better. I'm sure we'll attend another Globetrotter show when they come back to Kansas City. The players had such awesome ball handling skills and were so much fun to watch.
