where a kid can be a kid

not too much to report on the chuck e. cheese front.  it's pretty much like we all remember it, only more crowded. and bryan and i have since learned that chuck e. cheese's is the site of more adult brawls than biker bars -- with some locations even sporting armed guards. who knew?

anyhoo, our time there wasn't that dramatic, but it wasn't without its drama.

summer and afton climbed up into those tubes that kids love which wound around the ceiling. this one had only one entry point and one exit point and quite a bit of tubing in between. a little less than half way into her journey, afton decided that she had had enough and began screaming to be rescued (the screaming being amplified, of course, by all the tubes). so momma did what mommas have to do and shimmied up and crawled around to rescue her frightened cub. that was pretty much all the exercise i'm getting in this month.

summer really loved all that chuck e. cheese's had to offer (like we knew she would);  afton, who pretty much hates machines, was afraid of not only the tubes, but all the games and rides and only loved collecting tickets.

so it's a good thing that mom and dad turned out to be pretty darn good at several of the chuckster's trickster games (who needs college?), won our fair share of tickets, and now our girls are the proud new owners of two rainbow slinkys (that i have since spent more than a few minutes every day untangling) and two sets of green dracula teeth. go team wheeler!