Bday rule

TT:  Hi there,  Do you have an idea of what you might like to eat on your Bday?
Sonny: Yea..steak, lobster, caviar, sushi, veal parma, and capicola and sharp
provolone..with vino
TT:  Terrific.  I guess you'll be really hungry.
Sonny:  Is that because I wont be getting ne of that?..haha
TT:  I'll probably need to pare it down just a bit for a Wednesday night.  'Ya
think?  We can start with the capicola and sharp provolone for appetizer? w/a
glass of vino, of course.  Then main course...probably not so much the caviar
or sushi...so maybe you pick a protein?
Sonny:  Fried shrimp and steak
TT:  Awesome.  Sounds really good!
Sonny:  Asparagus and twice baked potatoes plz
TT:  Okay.  And chocolate hazelnut biscotti and chocolate chip cookies with
walnuts?
Sonny:  That sounds great Mom

The birthday rule for many years in our house is that you get to pick the menu for the meal.  It can be a cook at home or you can pick the restaurant of your choice on that day.  My oldest sons birthday is this Wednesday, 12/14, so I sent him an email to find out what his choice was going to be for this year.  The above conversation was what transpired and it wasn't a chat...these were e-mails going back and forth between us.  I do have to say...they were rocketed back and forth almost at the speed of chat.  He didn't seem to have any problem making up his mind about what he wanted.  He knows the rules.
TT