I talked my mom into getting everyone the BEST Christmas present. She got everyone 100 Chuck E. Cheeses tokens for us all to spend the day after Christmas. We are usually all going in different directions, so in an effort to make things a bit more organized (and give everyone their DREAM gift), she bit the bullet. I’ll have to admit that I thought I would be the most excited….then the kids….then Micah — Boy was I wrong. Bryan Brockbank might have been #1 on the list.
So we all met at the big C around 2 pm. My mom set up a competition, and said that whomever had the most tickets by the end of the night would be awarded $25….and the games began!
The competition was in full force, and there were many front runners along the way. I would like to point out two:
The kids had a blast too. Can you imagine being two years old, and getting to pop a token in any machine you want….and even if you want to pop seven tokens in the same machine — you can do that too!
My impossible to get a smiling picture of son.
My grungy little girl who always looks dirty even though I immaculately bath her and dress her every single morning.
The real fun came when B and Micah started up a game of Galaga (AKA dorkaga) and played for well over an hour. We kept looking their way and cracking up over how into it they were. They were going nuts, and played WAY longer than everyone else who retired to pizza. After Micah took the final win (the final score was Bryan-1 and Micah-2) On the way home, I actually listened to him tell me, “babe…..I went places NO MAN has ever gone before. I have never been in the zone like that.” Congrats goes out to you my dear.
(Don’t be fooled by the carefree looks in the pictures, they were going ballistic until the cameras came out!)
The good news is that everyone had fun. It was a great present, and an even better day with the family.
In the end, I had to bow out of the competition gracefully, since I went and bought 200 more tokens all for myself. (I guess the rules stated that the tickets had to be ONLY from the original 100 tokens. Although I would like to humbly say that I obviously took the win, and instead of buying anything, I just banked them. Yes…that’s right! You can have a personal bank account at the big C. (Thanks to Jim Zim for letting me in on the secret — go flat wear!)
I had to start a new paragraph to emphasize what my bank account holds. Now, I know it is rude to flaunt your money, but does the same rule apply to Chucky Cheese tickets? Well if it does…..I am breaking the rules and bragging. MY CURRENT ACCOUNT HAS APPROXIMATELY 8000 tickets! Can you just imagine the loot I can get with that?! Everyone wanted me to spend it, but I told them that in these hard economic times, I find peace in knowing that I have money somewhere.
But against my own rules, I did withdraw a small chunk. It was completely worth getting myself a harmonica to show Tristen that she isn’t the only playing fool in the family. She wasn’t too thrilled.
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