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Teancum turns 14

The last of the birthday 'rush' in June, is Arama Teancum. He turned 14 this year. He can now go to church dances... that is if we can get him to go. Arama LOVES Diagoku Restaurants. This is what he wanted for his birthday. He invited one friend and we also invited the other Young Man from our Branch Youth that is his age (it was also youth night so worked out quite well)
We left early so we could get the Early Bird Specials.
On the way, all the kids were really excited. We placed our 'bets' to see if we could guess how many times Rakaipaka would say Arama's friends names. Ben and Ryan. I am sure I came close at 120 times.


At the restaurant it was such a treat. Ben and Ryan had never been to a restaurant where they cook the food in front of them, so it was fun to watch them share the experience with Arama - even down to trying the entree soup and chop sticks. They could not quite convince me to eat all of their salad bowls though.... Rakai Loved it he would drink some and then go, "Ahhh".



The younger children had their meals in the boat trays, kawea had some much loved Sushi. The showmanship of the chefs is great. Check out the Volcano he made from the onions!! The egg trick is an old favorite. They cook the scrambled eggs to go into the fried rice and they leave some small bits aside. They then proceed to try to aim it into your mouth. He goes around the table and everyone that is willing attempts to catch the egg peice in their mouths. A lot of fun.




After rollling ourselves out of the restaurant, we headed back to Arama (dad) work kitchen to do the formalities with his cake.. a yummy long chocolate log and a carrot cake Ryan's mum had made.

We are now on the look out for a puppy for Arama. Happy Birthday my Big boy.. we love you.

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