Where A Kid Can Be A Kid!!

While Court was in Chicago for work, I spent the week at his parent's house. It was a really nice getaway, and Meredith really had fun spending time with Awna D, Geezer, and her aunts and uncles. She got to go play at the splash park, the mall, and even Chuck E. Cheese! It was a very busy, very fun-filled week!

On Wednesday, my sister-in-law Kim and I took Meredith to Chuck E. Cheese. We met up with Kim's friend Maren, whose husband is the manager of the local CEC. He gave us a GREAT deal on pizza and tokens (Thanks Ryan!). It was Meredith's first time in the land of the big Cheese...or "Chuckie Mouse" as she calls him. When we first walked into the dining area where they had the big animatronic (or whatever it's called) Chuck E. Cheese, she was a bit nervous...I took her down to this little dance floor they had where she could see herself dancing on a T.V. monitor. That totally changed her mood and from then on out it was go, go, go...when the pizza finally came, she wasn't too interested because she was so busy waving and yelling "Hi Chuckie Mouse!" and dancing...always dancing. Meredith's favorite thing to do with the tokens was to ride all the fun kiddie rides...her favorite being a little crousel. It had three horses that were small enough, and went around slow enough, that she could ride it all by herself. She must have ridden that thing for a good 30 minutes. I had to force her to get off of it. When it was time to go, she was sad and kept running away and climbing on the rides. I had my hands full of the diaper bag and drinks and had to keep setting them down to chase after her. I'd get her back by me and start picking up the drinks and diaper bag again and then she'd take off running! Ugh! But I finally got her out the door and into the car. She was fast asleep by the time we pulled out of the parking lot. Oh what fun "Chuckie Mouse" is! The only downer was that Court wasn't there to witness it all!

Here are some pictures and a short video of our fun in Chuckieland!