Nothin' Beats Chuck E. Cheese

Sammie is 3 now!! I can't believe it ! For their birthday we let the kids choose where they want to go for their birthday lunch or dinner, and we go as a family. Sammie chose to go to Chuck E. Cheese. The kids love that place. Ryan got off early and we went. we had a good time. Sammie and Abby and sometimes Lillian rode on all those quarter machine rides that are usually outside the grocery stores. They had a great time. The boys played games and we got our Chuck E. Cheese pictures taken. We love the Chuck E. sketch pad pictures and have them taken every time we go there. Nothing big. Dominic got so many tickets from scoring high on games that we walked away with over 800 tickets to cash in. Usually we're lucky to walk away with 300. Seth contributed too and the boys did awesome. I'm sad to say that I only contributed maybe 10 tickets. I didn't play much but was a sorry sight at skee ball.Look at all those tickets!
So we came home and did the cake and ice cream and presents then watched cloudy with a chance of meatballs. The kids liked it pretty well, but I am good to not watch it again anytime soon. We had a great evening. my Sammie is 3!!! Sad thing is that she'll just keep getting bigger and bigger. Where does all the time go?

Who Knew?

Before Maggie was born Ryan got a little bored and since we had some wood left over from laying the hardwood floors Ryan ripped out the tile from our front entryway and did this elaborate celtic friendship design on the floor and the surrounding wood. It is beautiful! Well, he got bored again and used the last of the wood from the floor. Isn't it beautiful!!! He did all the wood himself, design and all, and I painted the door. At least I contributed this time! He continues to amaze me everyday, just some days more than others! It makes me sad to know we're going to put the house back on the market soon. In the meantime we're going to replace our countertops and replace a few things to make the place the best. I want to do something like this in the next house. So, who knew it could be so beautiful?!