Koyotos= FIRE

These photos kind of speak for them selves....so I won't comment on all of them....but I will tell a quick story! (of course:O)
I do not know if you have ever been to a place where they cook your food on a BIG grill at your table? If not, it is FUN!
Anyone who knows Tristan knows that he is a carnivore! From the time he was little his favorite food was "Steak" (thanks Papa for getting him hooked on Prime Rib )
You can guess that Tris picked this steak house for his big 13 B-day.
New things like chop sticks, and one thing being served at a time (soup, then salad, them sushi, then your main dish) the cook juggling the knives, tossing eggs, FIRE...were all things to put into the minds of two very excited and confused kiddos.

We had prepared the kids a bit before we went. Tried to tell them about the cook and what he was going to do. The cook came out to our table, he started taking out his wares. He placed a few bowls etc on the table, (John..."what is that, what is that...on and in it went as the man put things out) then the cook set out 3 eggs. John "Wow!!!! I LOVE EGGS!!!!" he says at the top of his lungs.
CUTE!
Here we thought it would be all this excitement about the "show" and the EGGS got the biggest reaction.

Well, we thought it was the biggest reaction until the FIRE came. At certain parts of the dinner prep / show, the cook does displays of fire, like in an onion volcano etc. He talked his way through it, as he prepared...John says "do the Fire, do the Fire" so the time comes, the vent goes on, the cook dashes the oil and alcohol onto the onion and 3 foot flame goes up and into the vent....at that second...BOTH kids (who were on either side of me) JUMPED onto me then down onto the floor...both saying "Whoa" rather loudly. When the fire stopped only seconds later, both kids had to be put back into their chairs. When John got back in he got up on his knees, pointed at the cook and in his best deep Ghana voice said, "NO MORE FIRE!!!'
We reassured him it was okay....then laughed and tried to put in our minds what it would be like for us to experience something like that, after growing up in Africa.

The highlight for them was a LARGE bowl of FRIED RICE! Something that BOTH of them LOVE!
It was a very fun night full of new memories and family time. Meal times do seem to make for great conversation and memories....either at our table OR a BIG HOT table that you can cook on with FIRE!!