The children have taken over Union Cafe

A 4-year-old girl is smacking her mother with a piece of wheat toast on the elevated circle that overlooks the main hall at Union Station. A 3-year-old boy with a ketchup-smeared face has rocked his highchair back on two legs in a fight over whether to put on a jacket. And at the table next to mine, a couple in their mid-60s are failing at finding topics of conversation over their breakfast specials in the early afternoon.

This is holiday week at Union Cafe.