Chuck E Cheese

Today we were able to do one of our last things on our list, in spite of all the of the sickness. CHUCK. E. CHEESE. Oh yes, every kid's dream and every parent's nightmare. But really, today turned out to be awesome. I don't mind it at ALL if there aren't 5 billion kids there, and if you go when other kids are in school (like they were today), it's great. Sage hadn't been there in so long that when I told her there was a surprise, she couldn't even think of it. She used to call it Chucky Ducks, and it's been years since she's been because this was Jaggar's first visit. HE loved it. It was so peaceful and fun to watch them do it all. They had so much fun.

Jaggar had way too much to take in.

THIS was the cutest thing: the Ken-Chuck-E Derby. :) It was a horse racing simulator, and that horse totally threw them around. We tried to get Sage to ride this when she was a baby, and she refused. Jaggar, on the other hand, was all for it and loved every second. Obviously, years later, Sage did, too. You can see them riding it here. (Please ignore the redneck in the background that ruined two of my videos by yelling at her child. "MAAASON. MAAAASON." Ann-oy-ing.)

This was Jaggar's FAVORITE! When we were down to just a few tokens, I divided them evenly between each child. Jaggar's choice was to ride this repeatedly. Not because it was SO fun, but because he loved the music. He would get mad when the ride ended and would only stop fussing and dance when the music came back on, which was a few seconds into the ride. HILARIOUS. Watch him here.

Time for the Chuck E Cheese show! He loved it!

Dancing in front of the camera. Jaggar is playing with the actual camera.

Fascinated

See that pile of tickets coming out? That's because I am the ski ball champion. I smoked anyone and everyone: adults and children alike. And I know that because I looked at the scores of everyone around me, and let's just say that they need some work to roll with me. At the end of the day, we had 248 tickets.

This was how lunch was for them: take a bite, go play, take a bite, go play. I guess that it's cruel and unusual punishment to have to SIT at Chuck E Cheese.

They loved getting under here. Jaggar is back behind her, looking out the window and watching it rain.

And look who came out while we were eating! I never would have thought Chuck E Cheese would actually be there on a weekday without a birthday party, but he sure was. And he had a sign that said, "Follow me for free tickets." He danced with them, and you can see that here. Then he threw some tickets out for the kids and took pictures with them. So great.