It doesn't feel like Monday night. It feels more like a Sunday night. Waking up this morning really hurt. Physically painful to climb out of my warm and cozy bed to get ready for what I thought was going to be a fun-filled day outside with my boys. We had originally planned on going to a place here in Vegas called Towne Square. Its an outdoor shopping area but it has a wonderful kids outside playground area that Clayton absolutely adores. In the summer time they have a great water fountain that comes out of the ground several spots on a timer so kids can play in the water without it having to be a pool. Clayton loves this too. Being that its still a little cool for that type of thing we still go because of the awesome play area they have. Today, when we woke up it was unusally dark outside which made it even more difficult to wake up. In the end, we decided to go to Chuck E. Cheese. We wanted to do something fun for the kids and Sean thought of Chuck E. Cheese. He had gone there when he was younger so he knew what it was like.
As we prepared the kids to go we dealt with packing up the truck with all the "stuff"you take with you when travel. After a little stress we were on our way. I was even a little grouchy as my husband questioned my "navigational" instructions.
We finally arrived and once we did I knew Clayton was going to have fun. It was interesting to watch him jump from game to game with no tokens yet having so much fun! Its a great thing to watch you child have fun and not need to spend any money. Yet, we knew we would enjoy having some tokens to try out a few games. I even ended up spending quite a few tokens playing the basketball games and a few "jackpot" ticket games.
Calvin was enjoying watching all the kids and observing them playing. He enjoys being around older kids just like his older brother and I caught him laughing at a few kids as they passed by. Warmed my heart.
Sean came over to me about over half way through our stay and said how much fun he was having. I echoed his remark and told him how thankful that he was willing to go today.
Its a great thing this day. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. should be remembered for all his contributions to our country. It is interesting that even today several years later he is still inspiring families by allowing us a holiday to spend a weekday together enjoying each others company.
I look forward to next years MLK day. Maybe Chuck E. Cheese on this holiday will become a family tradition?? That would be fun!
Hope you all enjoyed your MLK holiday whether or not you got a day off or not. Hopefully, some of it was spent with some important people in your life.
I know mine was!
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