Happy (Very) Belated Valentines Day!

February 14th = Valentines!

February 14th = LOVE, Chocolate, and all things ROMANTIC!

Blah....I'm not an "I hate Valentines Day" kinda person....but its a bit much for this gal.

Suuuuure doesn't stop me from eating the chocolate though (Thanks Dad....even though I'm a married gal, he STILL gives me candy on Valentines Day. Isn't he a great Dad?!)!

Anyways, because I'm not a "Valentines must be a perfectly romantic night with my husband" kinda gal, I planned a different kind of Valentines Day.

A Daddy/Daughter date for Chris and Clark. To CHUCKY CHEESE (poor Chris)!

But, as it ended up, their Valentines date was postponed due to having a very sick munchkin and hubby on Valentines Day.

Nevertheless, Chris still got me roses and a card (ok, ok so mayyybe I do have a soft spot for Valentines Day after all).

So, after both my children recovered from their sicknesses, we made the "Valentines Date" into a family outing.....with Clark dressed in her Valentines Day clothes....

The little stinker can't get into the car without asking for her VeggieTales movie to be turned on.

Seriously, Chucky Cheese was 2 minutes away (no exaggeration)
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Did you know that if you go to Chucky Cheese at 4m on a weekday you could be the ONLY people there?!

We started out by watching the Chucky Cheese Show....from wayyy across the restaurant. Those stuffed/animated things were kinda creepy.....

Here she is dancing to the show's music....

And more dancing...I blame Auntie D for teaching her this booty shaking move...

She (and I) got a bit braver and walked over for a closer view of the show.

Thankfully she quickly lost interest in the show and wanted to play on the rides.

I'm not sure who liked the big bulldozer ride the best...

There was also a toddler-size slide that she LOVED!

At least until she found the not-so-toddler size slide.

Which she climbed up from the WRONG direction!

She's up there....somewhere....

And this is Chris....climbing up the not-so-toddler sized slide to retrieve our munchkin....

She did emerge from the slide eventually....but, just because the pizza arrived!

This Kentucky Derby ride would have been my favorite as a kid (ask my mom how OBSESSED with horses I was as a child.....there are quite a few embarrassing stories....).

But, Clark didn't really care for it.....

It did buck around quite a bit, so I don't blame her!

She rode the wave-runner with her Daddy...another ride that she quickly lost interest in...

And quickly returned to her old standby...the slide (thankfully the toddler size one this time)

We definitely had a fun, belated Valentines Day outing!

Have I mentioned how glad I am that Chris is home more and that we can do these kinds of things now?!