We met up with one of my old friends yesterday for dinner Saturday.  Cheuk and I have not seen each other for probably 20 years now; he and I used to wait at the restaurant together while we were in school.  His 12 year old son is a professional contemporary dancer and is an elite protege for a dance group.  They had a workshop and showcase at Santa Clara which was the reason for the family to come up.  So we met up at a nearby restaurant to have dinner.  We had a chance to meet one of their daughters Sarah who is 17 years old.  Sarah is very good with kids, and within few minutes, Connor bonded with her and wanted to move next to her at the table.  She ended up helping him through the dinner and Connor enjoyed some new foods just because she suggested them.  He even successfully used the adult chopsticks to take a few bites from her influence.  Later Connor even told her “I love you”.  With Connor’s “new friend” there, Stuart and I were able to have a nice chat with my old friends while we had a good meal.  Meanwhile, Logan was quite quiet during the dinner as he was enjoying his show on the phone.

     My friends got us some VIP tickets for the dance show, so we decided to go watch part of it.  The boys were very excited, and they both had fun hanging out with Sarah too.  It was fun to be taken in to the backstage with their elite passes.  We waited and chatted some more until the show started.  Their son Sean came down to meet us briefly too.  The boys were thrilled to be seated in the ballroom with relatively good seats.  The show had loud music, high energy and very engaging.  There were varieties of contemporary dances, groups and solos; they came on stage quickly one after another.  The boys were totally entertained by the performance.  Sean finally came on stage with a group of dancers; it was a lot of fun watching them.  After his dance, we sneaked out of the ballroom, as we had pre-arranged, as it had already past the boys’ bedtime.  We said goodbye to my friend and we headed home to end the late night.  As we were walking out, we were all energized with the dancing spirit.  We asked the boys if they would like to dance like that, Connor immediately said yes and Logan said no as he did not want all those people watching him.