12.24.2010 Evan's first Christmas

A few weeks ago, I stopped by Target to find a well-fitting one-piece daywear for Evan as the pieces he was wearing were getting too tight/small and the rest were too big (labeled for 6 and 9 months or more).  I ended up getting a green shirt that had a Christmas theme, with snowmen and Santa, and a stitched phrase "my first Christmas".  He's been wearing it every since, as it's 'rated' for up to 24", which I guess Evan is nearing or already is.  He didn't wear this shirt on Christmas eve, but this is what he would've looked like.

For Christmas Eve dinner, on June's suggestion, we got some dishes from the Cheesecake factory at the Valley Fair mall in San Jose.  We got 1) shrimp scampi, 2) luau salad, and 3) lemon herb chicken, and a slice of fresh strawberry cheesecake.  We phoned in the order and then did a 'curb-side' pickup.  That is - there are about 4 or 5 parking spaces directly outside of the restaurant, with signs that they're for the restaurant's curb-side pickup on, and gave the phone number to call.  I called the number and the dishes were brought out a few minutes later, quite convenient.  Interestingly, I asked how many people they were going to server tonight, since I figure they weren't going to talk about dollar amounts.  The lady volunteered the information though: ~1100 people for dinner alone, with expected revenue of some $23,000.  If they are able to maintain such numbers for the entire year, this single restaurant would rake in some $10,000,000.  But alas, it's not likely that they get anywhere close to that.  But even if they do $5 million a year, that's still mighty good!  Here's a photo of our Christmas Eve dinner: