Celebrating Timmy's Birthday at Shake Shack in Philadelphia

So, we really got to celebrate Timmy's birthday this year, on his birthday.    We usually end up having to wait a few days if it is during the week, but this year, it fell on a Saturday, we ended up not going out to Notre Dame like we were supposed to, and so we were free to go out.

We decided to go to one of our favorite places in Philadelphia--Shake Shack at 20th and Sansom.
I like to take them downtown every few months, so that they get to know Philadelphia a little.  I lived in Center City for almost 10 years before I got married.   I love Philadelphia, and I want my children to love Philadelphia.  

After golfing with his brother and some friends, we left around 4.    It still takes us 30 minutes from the time we are going to leave to actually get us all into the car...here is a small reason why:

     Matthew is photo bombing the picture I was trying to take of Timmy on his 15th birthday.

Chris lived downtown while he was finishing his residency, so he knows how to park--you just have to be patient, drive around, and eventually you will get a  spot.   He dropped us off as we got closer, and as we were walking up, he almost beat us to the restaurant because he got such a great spot.  

If you've ever been to Shake Shack, you know what it is---hamburgers, hotdogs, fries, and of course, shakes.   There is no salads, no soup, nothing even remotely healthy,   but it doesn't seem to scare people off--the place is mobbed, and no one seems to be counting calories!  

Here are Timmy, Matthew, and Lily: 

Anna, Timmy, and Matthew: 

Anna and Timmy:

And then the food came!!   

What they most wanted, we saved for dessert:   

Lily was loving her vanilla milkshake!!  

She finally took a breath!

Afterwards, we started to walk around Rittenhouse Square, but it was a little bit cool for how we were dressed, and we were trying to get back to watch Captain America, the Winter Soldier (really great!), so we just went along the one side, past the Dorchester, which had this gorgeous display I had to take a picture of--I would love Autumn if it weren't followed by Winter!!  

We only had about a 3 minute walk to where Chris had parked near 20th and Spruce, which is near where I lived before we got married--Chris and I consider that area our old neighborhood.  

I can remember walking down this street to go visit Chris after work, or on weekends...and 20-something years later, we are walking with four of our five children.   

Anna, Matthew, Timmy, Chris and Lily