As a reward for a great dental check-up, Carter got to pick our afternoon activity. She wanted to go to Recess, the Chucky Cheese-like play place in Ankeny. So we headed that way ... only to find it was out of business. No sign, no pretty window pictures, nothing. Carter's face registered her comprehension: she was surprised, then crushed. She was so upset! So we ventured out to West Des Moines to Chucky Cheese, at 3:00 in the afternoon, instead.
She got $5 in tokens, and ran wild! But, she did a great job of listening to my directions and sharing with others. She got to try out some of the "big kid" games, too, like a dinosaur fighting game and a surfing simulator. She wasn't any good at them, but she enjoyed trying! She ran the show, and had a blast! We wrapped up our adventure with "Deal of No Deal" for tickets. Once she understood the premise, she was all over bargaining. She'd yell "NO DEAL!" when the buttons flashed! We ended up with 13 tickets, not winning the "big prize" of 50, but winning smiles and giggles instead, which to me was worth much more!
Riding with Chucky
Such concentration!
"Oh man!" Carter just missed the puck, scoring one for Mommy
Chucky, Carter and Mommy
Who says Carter lacks focus?? THIS is focus if I've ever seen it!
She got $5 in tokens, and ran wild! But, she did a great job of listening to my directions and sharing with others. She got to try out some of the "big kid" games, too, like a dinosaur fighting game and a surfing simulator. She wasn't any good at them, but she enjoyed trying! She ran the show, and had a blast! We wrapped up our adventure with "Deal of No Deal" for tickets. Once she understood the premise, she was all over bargaining. She'd yell "NO DEAL!" when the buttons flashed! We ended up with 13 tickets, not winning the "big prize" of 50, but winning smiles and giggles instead, which to me was worth much more!
Riding with Chucky
Such concentration!
"Oh man!" Carter just missed the puck, scoring one for Mommy
Chucky, Carter and Mommy
Who says Carter lacks focus?? THIS is focus if I've ever seen it!
Good times! Now that Collin has mastered the riding rides thing, maybe we can do something like this! For the record....VERY sad that Recess is shut. What the hell! Where was the notice! Damn it...