12.22.2014

Chuck E Cheese


As much as I always wish the Holidays would slow down, it never fails to be just as busy, if not busier than the rest of the year. Between baking, gift shopping, toddler sports, photography, trying to lose the baby weight and a basement renovation, it's been just crazy! We had a list of like 27 things to accomplish this weekend, but on Saturday afternoon, we decided to punt it all. It's been a trying time with Drew lately and we realized that the past few weekends were full of lugging him to Home Depot (879 times for basement finishing decisions) and other errands. Besides seeing Santa and Saturday morning soccer, we hadn't had a ton of good 'ole fun. 

So to Chuck E. Cheese and Panera (his fave) we went. 

And this smile made it all worth it.


We hadn't seen that level of happiness in a few weeks and it was needed. Throwing 'to do' items to the wind and jumping in the car to have some fun is what life is all about, right?

And then this happened also....


We're heading to Disney World in a bit and I was secretly hoping he would be past his fear of all costumed characters. He LOVES Chuck E Cheese but has never allowed the mouse to get near him. This time, he walked right up to him and gave him the biggest bear hug. Now I can't wait to see him hug all of the Disney characters!

And yes, Derek indulged in some basketball shortly after I got my skee-ball in. Hey, parents can have fun too right?!


Looking forward to more of his big smiles in the coming weeks with our family.

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6 comments:

  1. Jamie Lynn {Cocktails and Carseats}December 23, 2014 at 8:40 AM

    Sounds like a fun time! I used to love going to Chuck E Cheese when I was a kid. You're going to have so much fun at Disney!! :)

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  2. Jamie @ The Jamie's + 1December 23, 2014 at 8:58 AM

    Looks like yall had a great time! Love his smile!!

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  3. todellDecember 23, 2014 at 11:09 AM

    Skee-ball is also one of my favorites! It's my go to game anytime we go to an arcade. We use to go and give our tickets to kids there, but now we save them up for a cheesy goody for Emma!

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  4. JenDecember 23, 2014 at 12:13 PM

    This looks like so much fun! :)

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  5. ErinDecember 23, 2014 at 2:01 PM

    Aw, how great! It's hard to put aside the to do list but when it makes the littles that happy then it's totally worth it! And Disney! How fun! Can't wait to see your post after that trip!!! :) Merry Christmas to you guys! I bet over the next couple of days you see lots of those big smiles from Drew!

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  6. Desiree MackeDecember 24, 2014 at 10:53 AM

    Sometimes you just have to say screw it to the 'to do list'. Parents (and CEC) for the win!

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