Chuck E. Cheese

Jackson made his first trip to Chuck E. Cheese last weekend while my mom was in town. Now, it has been a long time since I have stepped foot in a Chuck E. Cheese, but I vaguely remember some games, pizza, the smell of dirty socks, and of course a big mouse that danced - and to be quite honest, the mouse pretty much freaked me out. So I never really thought about taking Jackson there. I also thought that it would be way too crowded and way too expensive (both are things I try to avoid if at all possible). After talking to my friend who recently went and survived, I decided it was time. It was also a cold rainy day, and we NEEDED to get out of the house.

Before we headed out I printed out some coupons and stocked my purse with some hand sanitizer. We went early, and it was pretty much empty when we arrived around 10:30. It was very clean, and not even a hint of dirty socks could be smelled. We were off to a great start!! We weren't sure if we were going to stay for lunch, so we just got tokens. Our coupon was 100 tokens for $10.00 and each game/ride takes only one token!!! Are you kidding me - ten cents a game??? JACKPOT!!! We spent two hours there and only used half of our tokens. Jackson soon become an addict. He couldn't get enough of the games, and he earned enough tickets to get a sucker, stickers, and a piece of laffy taffy for good ole mom. A good time was had by all, and we will definitely be making a repeat performance soon. (By the way, we also managed to dodge the big dancing mouse walking around speaking to all the kids in case you were wondering.)

Jackson "driving" the car.


Jackson's all time favorite game at Chuck E. Cheese - driving the train. However, the stupid thing kept breaking. Well maybe it was a blessing in disguise - we might not have ever left.


Everyone's favorite (besides the game where you pound the heads as they pop up) Skee Ball. Umm Jackson didn't quite get this one yet. Sorry to all the people we might have hurt during Jackson's turn playing.