Surprise Night

Well we started this holiday weekend out right!!!!  Brent and I had our first “Surprise Night” with the kids.  The plan was to all do something fun together without the kids not knowing any of the plans.  So after nap time we started getting them excited by telling them we had to get ready fast for Surprise Night!  Of course Leighton had a ton of questions as normal lol.  By the time we were loaded in the car she literally couldn’t stop giggling with excitement.  So I must admit the plans were not that extravagant but to a 2 and 4 year old anything together as a family is amazing!!  Which honestly I think so many of us could learn from.  First stop was the famous Chuck E Cheese; yayyyyy lol (insert eye roll here lol).  When the saw the sign it was all smiles and clapping then.  We still can’t figure out how Jean Paul knew what that place was lol.  Jokingly Brent told Leighton “oh no baby we are going to the store Big slots next store for furniture.”  Without skipping a beat Leighton sweetly said “Daddy after we get furniture can we go to Chuck E Cheese?”  My heart melted and of course we had to fell her the truth.  So after waiting for what felt like an hour to buy tokens we finally got to start playing.  Seriously how to explain to toddlers that you don’t know why only one employee working at every station.  We had so much fun watching them play and run from game to game.  After dancing with Chuck E Cheese we collected all our tickets and headed to the prize counter, where I must say I was very impressed with my babies. Again one employee was working, but when we finally got our turn they literally only wanted one Dum Dum sucker each.  I couldn’t of asked for a smoother transaction lol.  Once everyone was loaded up we headed to the next stop; Hibachi for dinner!  The kids have never been and we thought they would get a kick out of the production.  As we waited to be seated guess who walked in to join us for Surprise Night?  Yep Maw Maw and Pepa!  Anything is wonderful when they are there lol.  The show and food was a huge hit and we giggled and laughed so much.  Leighton of course was more reserved and shy when the chef would try and play games, but Jean Paul was the complete opposite as usual lol.  He even wanted to participate in trying to catch the flying food; which had us all laughing so hard we were almost crying.  “My turn” is what he kept repeating over and over lol.  But as soon as we left Leighton was Chatty Cathy about the chef and how funny he was!  Third and final stop was a sleepover at Maw Maw and Pepa’s house!  And as you can guess was probably the biggest highlight of the night to them lol.  Right before it was time to go to sleep Leighton ran and hugged Brent and told him “Thank you Daddy for Surprise Night it was so much fun!”  I hope we get to do another one real soon because the look on their faces and the sound of their giggles was priceless!!!!!