Chuck E and Wall.E

Three more fun days have passed. The kids are loving having us around 24-7 (at least we like to think so) & we are enjoying some great family time. On Tuesday we found some non-pool fun at Chuck E Cheese’s. As we drove into the mall area and saw the Chuck E Cheese sign Reese yelled out a big “Hi Chucky!” Carter, who is doing everything his big sister does these days, then yelled out his own version of what she said. It was cute. And now, because a lot of the stores and malls here look the same, every mall we drive into Carter still yells, “Hi Chucky!” We just go along with it. We had a blast there, and judging from Michelle dropping tokens at the Skeeball maybe the parents had more fun than the kids. Carter played so hard his pants kept falling down.

It actually rained Wednesday morning so we wanted to find something indoors in town to do. We found the perfect solution in a movie. We were excited because it was Carter’s first time, but at the same time we were a little nervous about how he would do - he doesn't seem to have quite the attention span Reese did at 20 months - boys eh! (But then Reese can’t throw a ball like Carter can!). We had our exit strategy all planned out but Carter did great! We watched Wall.E, Disney Pixar’s newest movie. It is about a robot named Wall.E who inadvertently saves the earth (sorry for the spoiler but did anyone really think he was going to die?). The first half or so of the movie has no talking, but as always Pixar did a great job keeping our attention. Carter did walk up & down the aisles, checked out the people in front of us lots, and even fell down the stairs once, but all in all it was a lot of fun. If any of you get a chance to go you should, it was worth it.

Later in the day we also had the opportunity to head to some outlets for some shopping. This outlet was by far the biggest we have seen with over 150 humongous stores to shop in. Most were fancy-out-of-our-range-even-with-70%-off, but with Michelle’s keen sense for a bargain we were able to find some deals. It was also a great way to get exercise, as we’re sure we did at least a couple of miles to the end of the outdoor mall and back. And in 100 degree-plus weather it must have had at least triple the effect!