Chuck E Cheese

It began innocently enough.

All week Mommy had been telling me that we were going to Avery and Evan's big birthday bash at a cool place called Chuck E. Cheese on Saturday. She said he was a really fun mouse that lived in a house with all sorts of games, fun activities and pizza.

I could hardly wait for Saturday.

When we arrived, we started checking out all the rides and games right away.
On this car ride, I met the Chuck E Cheese that I had been hearing about all week. He seemed harmless enough, and I was having a blast at his house.

In just a few minutes, I would learn that this was not the real Chuck E Cheese. This was an imposter.

During lunch, the real Chuck E Cheese made an appearance. The real Chuck was really tall, had a huge rat head and eyes that didn't move.

I began having flashbacks to Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny at the mall.

As scared as I was, I decided not to let this monster rat ruin my day at Avery and Evan's party. I asked Daddy to take me to the "Feed the Animals" game. There was a gun there to 'shoot' the food at the animals. I thought that if I could practice this game enough to become proficient with the food gun, I could shoot some cheese cubes at Chuck's head if he got too close.



Since Daddy can never stay away from the car games, he told me that we should practice making a quick getaway in a fast car should Chuck try to give me a hug.

Whack a Mole?

How about
"Whack a Chuck?"

It would be too bad if one of these Skee balls slipped out of my hand and bonked Chuck on his rat nose...



Maybe if I perform my "Stay Away Chuck" dance, he'll get a clue that I am scared of him and don't want to speak to him.


After an afternoon of training to defend myself from Chuck, I decided that I was prepared for anything. I let my guard down a bit and enjoyed the carousel ride with Avery.

Well, maybe I didn't let my guard down too much. I liked this ride because I could get a view of all corners of the room and keep my eye on scary ol' Chuck wherever he roamed.

Thankfully the birthday girl didn't have the "Chuck Fear." She had a great time!!

Evan (aka
DestrucTor) has no fear of anything. He had a wonderful time at his party!


Mommy promised me that she would protect me from Chuck and any other large rodents that we might encounter.

I always feel safer in Daddy's arms. Thanks for training with me all day, Daddy!! I had so much fun!


Even though I was frightened of Chuck, I had SO much fun at your party Avery and Evan! I might not be a fan of Chuck E Cheese himself, but his house is great!! Thank you SO much for inviting me!!

I was so excited that we were able to go to your house after the party to play. You were so smart to think of making a secret camp area where nobody could find us - Chuck would never look for us here! And even if he could, our pug bodyguards would protect us!!

Happy 4th Birthday, Avery!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Evan!!!

An Open Apology to the Easter Bunny

Happy Easter, everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. Mommy, Daddy and I were able to visit with a lot of our family for Easter. We ate lots of good food, I searched for some eggs and the Easter Bunny brought me LOTS of fun gifts.



When I woke up on Easter morning, I was terrified to hear that the Easter Bunny had been in my house. Mommy took me to the mall recently to visit him, and I told Mommy in no uncertain terms that I was scared of him and that I didn't like him. I didn't want to sit on his lap, I didn't want to talk to him, and I wouldn't even look at him. As we shopped in the mall, I became upset when we even approached his garden area.

As I turned the corner into the living room on Easter morning, though, I decided that maybe the Easter Bunny wasn't so bad after all.


Mommy explained to me that there is a different Easter Bunny for every state. The Maine Easter Bunny left this wonderful basket at our house, too. Not one, but TWO different state bunnies had left me gifts. There were two baskets at our house, one huge basket at Nana and JoePa's house and a basket at Grandma's house. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all...


One of my favorite gifts that the Easter Bunny left for me was the Gabriela Snap n Style doll. Now my Snap n Style Elena has a friend!


How did the Pennsylvania Easter Bunny know how much I love Strawberry Shortcake DVD's? He must really be a nice bunny.

I felt terribly that I had said such awful things about the Easter Bunny. I decided to use this blog entry as a plea to the Easter Bunny to forgive me and to let him know that I really do love him and want him to keep hopping back to visit me every year.



Dear Easter Bunny,

As a way to make up for the awful things I said about you at the mall, I'd like to offer you my Dora egg. There is a fun Dora and Swiper doll inside. You can be the envy of all the other states' Easter Bunnies with this great toy!


If Dora isn't your style, how about some chocolate Easter eggs? You can't tell me that you aren't tempted to 'test' some of the eggs that you leave for all the kids on Easter morning!! No need to 'test' them any longer - you can have mine!!



I promise to never eat Peeps bunnies ever again. Only the Peeps chicks for me from now on!!!









I'll even set aside some of the eggs that Mommy, Daddy and I dyed and decorated just for you!!

And look - I'm wearing my bunny ears in homage to you!!



Who else would get out the hair dryer to melt a special decoration on the egg for you? Only your biggest fan!!















I'll dye the eggs all of your favorite colors.


I'll leave out all of the ones I dyed the night before Easter, that way you can choose whichever ones you want!!! Will that help you forgive me??!!












I'll even be sweet to my cousin, Drew. I promise not to steal any of his toys if you promise to forgive me!



I will no longer put him in a headlock when he gets too close.



I won't turn away from his kisses like I did most of the evening on Easter.

When Mommy and Aunt Amy are trying to get a nice, civilized Easter photo, I will no longer make my funny face.

I promise to be a sweet, loving girl all of the time!

Last, but not least, Easter Bunny, I will perform my special dances for you and entertain you whenever you wish.

I feel so badly that I said that you scared me. I realize now that you are a very nice and generous Bunny, and I promise to be good to you next year!!

Love,

Charlotte

Gimme Kiss!

After visiting good friends you haven't seen in a while, there is only one proper way to say goodbye -

Chase them around their house shouting, "Gimme Kiss!"



Now multiply that video by 30, and Mommy says that was what our goodbye was like on Saturday night when we left McKenna's house!

Thank you, McKenna, for letting me play with all of your toys and letting me chase you all over your house.

Thank you SO much to Brian and Emily for putting a special princess bed in my special princess room - I LOVED it!!!

Congratulations to Drew and Heidi - I can't wait to meet Baby R and teach him all sorts of mischief!

It was so nice to see all of our Ohio friends. Great friends, Figlio, Chipotle, car talk, baby talk, fun toys, ice cream sundae bar...weekends don't get much better than that!!
We were sad to leave - we miss you!!

Funny Face

Mommy told me that if I continue to make my funny face, it'll freeze that way.


I've made my funny face about a million times to test out your theory, Mommy. I think you might be wrong on this one.

Happy HappyDay, Daddy!

Today is Daddy's birthday!

I wished Daddy "Happy HappyDay" and gave him a card that I signed all by myself. When he gets back from playing with cars in Florida next week, I'm going to take him out to buy him some toys for his truck. I also bought him a super cool Phillies hat, since he is so excited that baseball season starts soon. I hope he likes his presents!!

You are the best daddy in the whole world. I proclaim you the best because of these things that you do with me:



--read lots of fun books
--let me climb up to your shoulders
--dance to the Strawberry Shortcake theme
--play drums
--play guitar
--watch the Doodlebops
--teach me about cars
--style my hair every morning, and take such care when blowdrying my hair
--teaching me to say "Milwaukee"
--giving me great hugs and kisses
--too many more things to list on one blog entry

Happy HappyDay, Daddy!! I love you!!

Snow Princess Charlotte

Is it really snowing?!

I, Snow Princess Charlotte, have been waiting for a year to make an appearance to my subjects, the snow creatures. I've been hiding away in my beautiful yet lonely castle, just waiting for the skies to open and the snow to fall.

It has been a long year inside the castle, ordering my loyal pug attendants to entertain me. But as a snow princess, I can only venture outside when there is beautiful snow on the ground.

Could it really be the time - finally??

What do you think, Lady Trixie? Is it time for Your Majesty to reveal herself?















Snow Princess Charlotte cannot make her appearance without her royal slippers and snowbibs!

Only snow royalty can afford such luxurious snow attire. Don't try to find this at your local Target!

My snow outfit is complete. Only since Lady Diana stepped out of her wedding carriage has an outfit been so highly anticipated in the royal world.

Part of my 'stepping out' tradition is to shovel a spot for my trusted attendants to 'relieve' themselves. Since they have 'relieved' my boredom of being held captive inside all year, this is a way for the snow princess to reciprocate.

Look at this stunning snow palace!! I hope my subjects are not too envious.

No subject in the kingdom is permitted to eat snow until I, Snow Princess Charlotte, consume the first snowflake and deem the snow worthy.

Yummy. This snow is definitely worthy of consumption.

Only a princess is permitted to enjoy the royal snow slide. Good thing my royal snow bibs are water proof!

I have enacted a new law in my kingdom - one MUST create a snow angel at the bottom of every snow slide.

Since I am the only one permitted down the slide, I guess that law applies only to me!

Royal Pug Attendants!! Royal Pug Attendants!! I told you this outfit was a bit bulky - I need help getting up. I order you to come immediately!!

Thank you for your help, Lord Emmet. Now I will chase you with a royal snowball!

Don't you know that I'm a Snow Princess? You're supposed to let me catch you!!



Lord Emmet?! Lord Emmet?! You can run, but you can't hide!! I order you to appear!

Why does everyone feel the need to keep beautiful princesses away from the rest of the world? Cinderella, Snow White, Snow Princess Charlotte...

...we can't help it that we are so fair and so pretty!