Our Sunday started off with a very late sleep in, I managed to keep little R in bed with us until noon today. Rick works 6 days a week and today is his only day off so him sleeping in is expected. Me on the other hand, I’m usually up by 9 when little R wakes me up and we begin our day. But as I get later and later in my pregnancy I am trying to battle the fatigue by sleeping in as late as I can.
So we woke up around noon to plan our day and decided to take R for her first Chuck E. Cheese visit. I have not been to a Chuck E. Cheese since I was a little girl but I remember loving it. Whether it was for birthday parties, family get-together’s or just your weekend place for games and pizza, I remember it being so much fun. We walked in to what I remember as a kid was a HUGE place with rides, games and a ball pit. Well the huge place I remember was not so huge anymore, and there was no ball pit. We were greeted by a hostess at the doorway which was closed off with a rope, so we could not walk in until we were all stamped with the number 103 on our forearms. What in the world could this be for? This was all new to me! Apparently a deterrent to prevent people from walking out with kids that are not theirs. Great idea!
We proceeded to the back of the place where I remember there being a stage and a wall of big furry animatronic characters that would pop out with instruments and would play to some music. Only I was disappointed to see that the characters were replaced by a wall of TV’s showing the characters. Oh well, they did have some sort of countdown to a Chuck E. Cheese live show, so we waited for that for about 10 minutes for it to finish. After the countdown I was expecting to see some sort of live entertainment, I mean that’s what LIVE show means right? Well, I was sadly mistaken as the LIVE show was just TV videos of the characters dancing.
Despite my expectations, R appeared to have an amazing time. She enjoyed listening to the music and the wall of character videos, and watching the rest of the little kids run around and play. There was never a dull moment with so many kids, lights and noises all around. She even got to ride of the little rides that are made for the little ones. Her dad was able to win her over 1,000 tickets that we were able to redeem for a fuzzy pink purse, which she quickly learned to wear over her arm like mommy. Oh, and I can’t forget to mention the delicious pizza and salad that was still as good as I remembered. Overall Sunday Funday at Chuck E. Cheese was a success for little R, we plan to bring her back next weekend.
