Chuckee and The Jumbo-Tron
It was a very busy weekend. First, our family celebrated Katherine’s progress with her reading board. Between various trips and activities this summer, we managed to squeak in 50 books (read by Katherine, not us) of increasing interest. Her first couple dozen books were primarily Bob books. Later books included high literature such has “Fred and Ted Go Camping,” “Dora’s I Love My Papi,” “Ruby Bakes a Cake,” and “My Little Pony Tea Party.” All good stuff.
For her celebration we went to Chuck-E-Cheese. We bought a bucket of tokens and tried to win as many tickets as possible. Allison also rode some of the kiddie rides and tried to go thru the tunnel, but was scared silly by a large boy perched in the tunnel entrance. Despite some setbacks, we must have earned a couple hundred tickets which bought the kids 4 bubble bath tablets, 2 plastic combs, 2 plastic frisbees, a ring and a plastic lizard. The highlight for the kids was seeing Chuck-E-Cheese himself at a nearby birthday party. Allison just stared at the party, finally turning to me and saying, “Thank you for bringing me to Chuck-E-Cheese. Can we go say Hi to Chuck-E?” She was so overwhelmed that she repeated her thanks in the car, “Thank You Everyone for Chuck-E-Cheese.”
On Sunday, we took the kids to a Mariners Game. I had prefaced the game half-joking by saying, “Maybe they’ll put us on the Jumbo-Tron!!” Well, in the middle of the first inning, lo and behold…we looked up…and Allison and I were on the Jumbo-Tron! The girls ate Dipping Dots, a bucket of popcorn. We made it to the 6th inning and finally left amid a huge rainstorm to go back home. I’ll have to post pictures tomorrow from our non-stop weekend.