A Chuck E. Cheese Party!

Tyler has been wanting to experience Chuck E. Cheese for months now (thanks Nick Jr.). Everytime he would see the commercial (you all know the one... "25 cent FUUUUN!!!") he would say, "Mommy, we need to go there!" Well, he finally got his wish when he was invited to a birthday party there! He and Allison had a blast! I could barely even pull them away from the rides and games to get some pizza and cake and meet Chuck E.

Once I did get them headed in the right direction, Tyler was thrilled to see the lifesize Chuck E. and join him in a parade! Allison had the same sentiments about him as she did the Easter Bunny...she was going nowhere near the giant mouse!

Can anyone locate Tyler Man???

After the fun with Chuck E. and the consumption of some pizza and cake, it was time to head back to the games to finish using up our tokens!

Allison climbed up here herself to take a ride! Such a big girl!

After the tokens were all used up, I was ready to head home. But then Tyler discovered the FREE entertainment...

I'm pretty sure they spent almost an extra hour playing inside all the tunnels suspended from the ceiling and going down the slide over and over again! It was actually pretty relaxing and fun for me to be able to just sit back and watch them play. The best part was watching Tyler be a great big brother to Allison, who wasn't tall enough to get up the big platform steps on her own in order to make it to the top. He got a great system down and probably boosted her up more than 20 times! He was very careful the whole time not to leave her behind. The little guy got a workout from it all, that's for sure! I tried getting a picture to capture the moment, but it didn't turn out well due to the netting around that part.

Once we finally decided it was time to go, we made one last stop by the Chuck E. Cheese sketch booth for a quick group picture. I thought it turned out so cute to only cost 25 cents, so we actually ended up taking 3! But since this is already another long post, I'll only make you look at one! :)

I couldn't get Allison to look at the actual camera. She was much more intrigued seeing herself on the giant screen up above! Billy was out of town that week, so he wasn't able to join us. Maybe next time!
Now everytime Tyler sees the commercial he says, "Hey Mommy, that's where we went!!!"