sunday funday

so a few months ago manning had a set back in his potty training - like he stopped using it for #2. for him, his underwear were as good a spot as any. he would not wear a diaper and would not use the potty. we don't know what happened because he had been using the potty successfully for like two months. after several failed attempts at bribes, we finally found the one that worked for him - chuck e. cheese. i went to their website and printed off a two week reward chart (they have them for everything if you ever need a good bribe - nose picking, reading, getting dressed, etc.). the way we (read: matt) figured, around the time manning completed the chart it would be maddux' birthday and we could roll the two trips into one! so today was the day!

daddy was feeling extra celebratory and we stopped at their favorite frozen yogurt shop - sweet frog - on the way to chuck e. cheese for pizza lunch and fun. (madelyn is happy, she just has an enormous gummy candy in her mouth and can't smile.)

manning's new "cheese" smile. sigh.

mason jumps in with a real one!

 and maddux wasn't excited at all...

once we had finished our pizza, we were off. i stuck with manning, mason and madelyn paired off and maddux and daddy were a team. chuck e. cheese on a sunday afternoon is not for the faint of heart. manning loves the 'rides' and asks to have his picture taken with each one, each ride.

we ran into maddux' friend lexi's family there too. as her mom put it, "why are you guys here? no one comes to chuck e. cheese on a sunday of their own free will." i told her we were paying a potty training dept.  they were there for a family birthday party. coincidentally, i caught lexi in the background of this picture i was taking of madelyn and mason. i didn't realize until i looked at the pictures on the computer.

jackpot! we hit the 500 ticket jackpot on a random chance game.

the kids had a blast and matt and i were ready to go. it was a fun family afternoon! love.