Chuck-E-Cheese

We had a fun family outing today at Chuck-E-Cheese!! Nate ran right in and started jumping on all the riding cars. He loved having his picture taken with "Chuck-E" and has carried it around ever since we got home. I actually think he is upstairs napping with it right now.

His favorite part was taking the "money" (tokens) and putting them in all the machines/rides. He didn't quite understand that once you put the money in, you have to play the game or ride the ride. He just ran from machine to machine for awhile! Until he found Bob the Builder....wow, I think he used half of his tokens riding that one. He was too cute!




And surprisingly enough, he wasn't scared of the big, robotic Chuck-E that dances on stage! He loved dancing & singing with him, especially when "Twinkle Twinkle" came on. I can't wait to have a bday party for him there one day. Maybe when he's about 4 though...we spent most of our time in the "Toddler Zone" and there were only about 5 rides. The other ones out in the main area were a little too old for him. Regardless, we had a ball! And Miss Abby slept thru the thing, so she was easy as pie!

(I call this one "The blind leading the blind"):


We ended our visit with pizza & cokes...for the first time, we didn't cut up his pizza and he ate a slice like a big boy! It was too cute; he was so proud. We love our little man and doing fun things like this with him as he gets older. He is growing up a little too fast for my taste though!!

We won a whopping total of 16 tickets, so on our way out, Nate got to pick out a prize. Of course he picked the candy... a mini-tootsie roll pop, which he appropriately renamed a "Chuck E Cheese dum-dum."