week ending aug 23, 2009:

Week ending Aug 23: The day we got back from vacation Danielle invited us to go to Chuck-E-Cheese with her, Natalie, and Aiden since it was her last day off before going back to teaching. I left the bags half unpacked and we headed over. Alex and Chloe both love CEC and they probably ask at least once a week if we can go there (we don’t go there anything like that often, but that doesn’t stop them from asking).

Later in the week we decided to take Chloe to a Chinese restaurant because she’s been curious about all things Chinese lately. She wants to have a Chinese theme for her birthday party (instead of a princess theme or pony theme, etc), and she’s been asking if we should have Chinese food. We haven’t been ordering any Chinese carry out and she doesn’t remember our last trip to the Chinese buffet with Big Daddy and Bubbe almost 2 years ago, so everything seemed new to her. In the end both kids bravely tried several different foods and it was Alex who liked the restaurant and Chloe didn’t, but I can’t blame her. Casey and I thought it was some of the worst Chinese food we’ve had in a while.