Where a Kid Can Be a Kid (Just not as well as they could in the 80s)

Whatever happened to the Chuck E. Cheese restaurant that I grew up with? You know, the one with the giant mechanical mouse and dog who would sing songs every 15 minutes or so? Boy has it changed since I was a kid. When Katie and I went to Chuck E. Cheese for the first time on June 14 (to visit with her cousins/aunt/uncle who were in town for her birthday BBQ), I was disappointed that the main entertainment focus is now a group of TV screens in one corner. How sad.

That being said, we had a fun (though short) visit with our family. Katie especially had fun playing with my mom and with her cousin Ali, who is three weeks older than her.