An Afternoon with the Cooks

Yesterday, our friend Karen offered to watch James for the afternoon while I was at work. This conveniently made hanging out with her and Jason MUCH easier on Friday night. The Cooks have an adorable little Bishon/Poodle mix named Mochi that James just adores. He spent the whole afternoon trying to hug and kiss him.

After that we went to a Japanese Ramen restaurant in Irvine that was really, really good. I always find people's reactions to what James is willing to eat hysterical. It's one of the most entertaining parts of taking him out to dinner. A young couple on a date sat at that table next to us. When they sat down they immediately said hi to James (and of course he said hi back). Then they kept watching him as he ate an entire bowl of corn, demanded more and more bites of my noodles (and would only eat them off my chopsticks) and then proceeded to eat a HUGE cube of crispy fried tofu. Below is a picture of James next to the fabulously Japanese decor. They had a HUGE anime girl holding a bowl of ramen right inside the entrance.