Chuck E. Cheese!

We had kind of thought our kids were two young for Chuck E. Cheese. Wrong. I think it proves how OLD we are....we were up in Syracuse driving around to put permit stickers on dumpsters in the city (a way to make money I guess for the city. We had talked about going back to CiCi's after as the kids seemed to like it so much . But for whatever reason, there was a line out the door and
said impulsively maybe we should try Chuck E. Cheese. So we pulled out (with kids crying after having been stuck in the car for several hours and saw hope of getting out). We were like trust us kids this will be worth it, still feeling bad.

Adam had his Rexy with him and was not happy about leaving him in the car...I had to drag him in. And he forgot about Rexy as soon as we walked in! As we waited in line to get our hands stamped and to order our food and tokens, he was awestruck...both were looking around fascinated, dying to run into all those people and chaos. We got a pizza and an appetizer platter. And of course, Todd got them the special Chuck E. Cheese straw cups they LOVED. Abbey wasn't interested in pizza or fries....but CELERY and MOZZARELLA STICKS!! Here she is eating one as Daddy headed off with Adam for his first ride. What a face!! Adam got so excited to get into this first ride. Although it turned out "rider" rides weren't his favorite, he was so patient through lunch and all the excitement to get into this first ride! Once Adam was done with this ride, he went over to a horse ride. He wanted to get off after a bit and Abbey practically jumped onto it to finish it off! She LOVED it and rode it several more times. It doesn't look like it but Abbey loved this Barney ride! She couldn't wait to get on the Bob Builder ride..it spoke to her and she talked back :) Adam, and Abbey, loved this video game where you threw balls at the screen. And I think Daddy liked it, too. But the whack a shark was a HUGE hit with Adam...slapping them with his hands, on occasion even with the hammer! Such a nice family time...we both thought it was fun to do that with the kids. The kind of thing I used to think I'd never get to do, CHEESY, right? (get it?)