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This weekend’s celebration was for Paige’s 5th birthday. Unlike most 5 year olds I know, Paige actually likes to try new foods (unlike her brother, who won’t even eat most familiar foods on a good day — try getting the kid to eat a plain piece of lettuce!!).

Sushi is Paige’s “special treat”. Every year on her birthday Paige has asked for sushi. Every birthday since she turned 2 she has had a special sushi lunch for her birthday… usually its a “Mommy and Me” day.

For her 5th birthday she got a Princess makeover (hence the star on her face) where she got her hair done in an updoo, got glitter and makeup put on, and a manicure (yes, a REAL manicure), then my friend Gale and I and Gabriel took her to Otowa Restaurant in Saskatoon for a sushi lunch. Paige had salad rolls (cream cheese and spinach), kappa rolls (cucumber), and california rolls all by herself. She tried the miso (didn’t like it) and enjoyed some of my veggie tempura and rice!

What other 5 year old likes sushi enough to BEG her mother to get it?