The Landings Restaurant, Carlsbad

Airports are exciting places. It doesn't matter if you are flying, meeting someone or, as in our case today, just dropping by for lunch with friends. Carlsbad has a small airport just a few miles from our house. Mostly the travel is between Los Angeles and Carlsbad, but there are also charter airlines, flying schools, a restaurant, etc. there, too. I had heard it was a nice place for lunch with the kids since they reopened the restaurant almost a year ago so today we went!
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We checked it out with 9 other mamas and their 15 fun kids. Whew -- talk about a busy lunch! We sat outside on the patio and all the kids loved having a front row seat for the airplanes, helicopters, fire rescue trucks, other misc. airport vehicles and even an Aptera that we saw today!
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Since it was our little friend Grace's actual birthdate today, the kids and I made cupcakes to bring along. After lunch the waitress brought out the cupcakes and we all sang Happy Birthday to You! to Grace. What a fun lunch!