Where A Kid Can Be A Kid!

A few weeks ago we celebrated Aaron's 3rd birthday at Chuck E. Cheese's - Where a Kid Can Be A Kid! (See how cleverly I tied in the title of this blog post!...Yes, I am kidding because I know it's a little "cheesy"....ok - I'll stop "mousing" around now, but seriously, we had lots of fun and "CHUCKles" on this very special day. Ok...I'm done...I swear!...time to get down to "Biz"ness...) (You'll only get that last reference if you remember what Chuck E. Cheese used to be called back in the late 80's/early 90's...)

So anyhow, we had a little party there including mommy, daddy, Aaron's cousins - Nick and Bailey, and Aaron's aunt and uncle - Melissa and Trent. All in all, it was fun, and the kids all had a good time.

Birthday Boy:


But I will say - it is a shame what has happened to Chuck E. Cheese's - the pizza just isn't what it used to be, and you may or may not remember the good ol' days of Rock-afire Explosion! (the animatronics were far better than that of the new Chuck E. Cheese band who can barely manage to move their heads side to side and blink...!):

I miss these guys:


However, I totally understand why they decided to upgrade Chuck from this:
(Nightmares anyone?....)




To this:

Ah, that's better!

I guess "out with the old and in with the new" isn't ALWAYS such a bad thing....kinda makes you wonder what people were thinking in the 80's though. Yikes...All I can say is thank goodness for art appreciation and standards!

Anyway, here are a few pictures of the birthday boy enjoying his mini-party:




"Tickets!"


On the monster truck with Nick and Bailey:


Having a great time!


After Chuck E. Cheese's, we all went home to sing Happy Birthday to Aaron, have some ice cream cake, and open presents.

"I'm supposed to do what?...."


Cousin Bailey likes chocolate ice cream cake too!:

(Don't worry - everyone got a piece!) =)

Opening up cousins Nick and Bailey's gift. We didn't get a picture, but it was an awesome Buzz Lightyear laser gun. He still tries to shoot daddy with it. (Although, he says mommy is too nice to shoot.) =)


Opening his gift from mom and dad! What could it be???? (Ignore the wheels poking out of the bottom of the wrapping....)


Yay!


And we didn't get a picture of it, but Aaron got some cool gifts from his grandma and grandpa Davis who are currently serving a mission in Latvia. One of the gifts was a chocolate egg (bought in Latvia) molded around a small toy. Apparently they are banned in the U.S. because of a choking hazard - but it's a shame because Aaron loved it (so did mom...I had a bite, or two). It had a (packaged) green plastic car complete with instructions (assembly required). I can imagine the other toys that are sold with them - They would be such a hit here during Easter! They also sent lots of other goodies! Thanks guys! We know that stuff isn't cheap to send overseas!


To top it all off, here was our 3 year-old birthday boy at the end of the night...yep - complete with his baba and blanky...So much for being a "big boy!" lol. Oh well!