Our weekly dinner ritual to El Olmeca brought an unexpected surprise tonight. Sam wanted to win a toy so I popped in 50 cents to help him out. I tried to help him line the claw up so that he would win something special. And of course he didn't win anything. "One more time, Mommy" he asked with such a sweet voice. I caved and put in another 50 cents and said "This is it, Sam. No more." I stepped back and let him do it all by himself. And wouldn't you know he won something! He didn't need me after all. He was so excited he turned around and told the people sitting nearby "I won a toy!!!".

And for those of you who remember this as the place where Luke gets his dance on... you'll be glad to know he danced tonight and got another ovation. This time, a boy with his parents video taped Luke on his cell phone. Once we realized he was being taped and pictures were being taken, Ron gave me the look that it was time to go. Go tape your puppy doing cute tricks and leave my baby alone. That's what I wanted to say, but of course being the gentil lady that I am I didn't.