Aces High

I have to say the highlight of living in Ypsilanti is the Corner Brewery, neotech.net/ABC/index.php?site=cornerbrewery
If you have ever been to Bell's Brewery Kalamazoo, it is similar. They have an open space with picnic tables outside, you can order from local resturants and have food delivered or bring your own food, they brew very tasty beer, no smoke, and they welcome children. They have games for all ages dispersed throughout the resturant and we always bring coloring books for entertainment.
Our family and two others met there for a drink and to celebrate two birthdays. We were all witnesses to what happened. My usually very high-strung energetic boy sat calmly playing cards the entire time! Here is a photo.

Now, these women in the photo, I have no idea who they are. There were 4 of them playing Euchre and Aidan Rue inched his way up to their table, right about uncomfortable level - 2 feet away. He just stood there interested, not saying a word but staring at them. I just started to head over as they invited him to sit down. Of course, I started a conversation with them asking if it were o.k. and checked on him on and off throughout the evening. They fell in love, as did he. One lady was a math teacher at EMU and was quizzing him in math. She just had to comment how good he was at math and she got, "two plus two is four, eight plus eight is sixteen, one hundred plus one hundred is two hundred" in this proud voice, as if they have NEVER heard such brilliance. It was hilarious and they were OOOHing and AHHHing adding to his excitment. After two of the women left the older two sat with him the rest of the evening playing card games with him. My son loves math, loves cards and loves games. It was the best evening!

This is a photo of Gabriel and Aidan. They are cousins and are famous, at least they think they are! (They made it on the front page of a newspaper during an Easter Egg hunt)