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Tired of the Cold Weather – and the indoors.

Having a 1 year old and a 3 year old, it’s practically impossible to stay indoors all winter. We’ve been trying to find some fun things to do, that aren’t outside.

We’ve found a few nearby indoor parks, and have joined some preschool play date type things for the weekdays.. but our favorite place to go is Chuck E. Cheese.

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I love that I don’t have to cook – and the cheap entertainment, Dad loves to play the games, Ethan loves the space to just run around, and Andrew loves all of it.

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The cool part, is that we don’t even need to spend that much money!  I usually print off a coupon before we go – and for $20 we can spend the evening eating pizza, and playing games.  I also print off some charts periodically for Andrew so he can earn more tokens and a trip to Chuck E Cheese.

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All the games and rides only require one token – so we can play for quite a long time.  When the tokens are gone, there is still the slide and climbing areas that the kids love.

Andrews Favorite things? He loves the kiddie rides – especially Clifford the Big Red Dog and the School Bus.  He’s terrified of the moving/live Chuck E. – but likes his pictures!

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Ethan also loves the kiddie rides, and likes to sing and dance to the ‘wheels on the bus’ song that one of the rides sings.

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It’s one of those places that we’ll be visiting often over the next several months, and years.

This winter when you’re looking for some indoor fun – find the nearest Chuck E Cheese and let the kids run and play!!

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  1. Ashley t says

    December 20, 2011 at 8:55 am

    Hayden LOVES going there! We haven’t taken Noah yet but this is an awesome giveaway, thanks!

    Reply
    • Ashley t says

      December 20, 2011 at 8:56 am

      and my favorite thing is the pizza!

      Reply
  2. priscilla l says

    December 20, 2011 at 9:02 am

    Our favorite thing about going to Chuck e Cheese is playing all the games. My boys go crazy-happy! And they love the pizza too!!

    Reply
  3. Ann Marie | white house, black shutters says

    December 20, 2011 at 10:16 am

    I am one of the few parents who loves Chuck E Cheese myself – lol! I haven’t yet taken my little ones, but think that would be a good idea while my brother and sister are on Christmas break! I’m sure they would go nuts. I’m excited – love their pizza and all the games. And beating my husband at Skeeball… 😉

    Reply
  4. Mama Chocolate says

    December 20, 2011 at 12:45 pm

    I’ve never been to Chuck E. Cheese. (Horrible, I know!)
    I can’t believe you could do all that for only $20!!

    Reply
  5. Christina Gould says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:15 pm

    My favorite thing about going to Chuck E. Cheese is watching the kids having a blast. Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply
  6. kelly says

    December 20, 2011 at 4:04 pm

    i love the games and activities!

    Reply
  7. Heather says

    December 20, 2011 at 4:45 pm

    My kids love the climbing tubes.
    hschonrock at yahoo dot com

    Reply
  8. Anne Nack says

    December 20, 2011 at 11:21 pm

    I love playing the car racing games and watching the kids have fun!

    Reply
  9. Ann F says

    December 21, 2011 at 7:16 am

    My favorite thing about Chuck E. Cheese is playing Skee Ball

    abfantom at yahoo dot com

    Reply
  10. Patty White says

    December 21, 2011 at 8:51 am

    Playing games for tickets!!

    Reply
  11. coliebear says

    December 21, 2011 at 9:09 am

    We like to play skeeball.

    Reply
  12. Carla Garcia says

    December 21, 2011 at 1:10 pm

    fave thing is that the kids get to burn off some energy abnd get out of my hair!

    Reply
  13. Tari Lawson says

    December 21, 2011 at 7:10 pm

    I like that all the games are only $.25 each.

    Reply
  14. Janice Crespo says

    December 21, 2011 at 8:03 pm

    My favorite part? I think after its over and the kids are all nodding off from exhaustion – LOL

    Reply
  15. Shanna says

    December 21, 2011 at 9:06 pm

    I love giving my boys a place to run around and be loud and crazy!

    Reply
  16. Stephanie V. says

    December 22, 2011 at 12:24 am

    whack a mole game!!!

    Reply
  17. Skye Moyer says

    December 22, 2011 at 2:00 am

    I love going to Chuckie Cheese because it is super easy to keep track of all my kiddos inside!

    Reply
  18. Ron Larson says

    December 22, 2011 at 7:33 am

    Hey, the pizza isn’t bad either…

    Reply
  19. Ashley Hatten says

    December 22, 2011 at 8:10 am

    our favorite thing about Chuck-E-Cheese is the pizza!!! and of course it’s indoors so when the weather isn’t great we take the kids there!
    ashleygatewood1(AT)gmail.com

    Reply
  20. Michael says

    December 22, 2011 at 3:26 pm

    Favorite thing about CeC is not having to worry about the kids. We can go, they can run around, and we just need to be ‘nearby’.

    Reply
  21. pu ye says

    December 22, 2011 at 3:27 pm

    My favorite thing about going to Chuck E. Cheese is watching the kids having a blast

    Reply
  22. Daisy says

    December 22, 2011 at 5:18 pm

    love the games

    Reply
  23. dan williams says

    December 22, 2011 at 5:44 pm

    twitt this

    Reply
  24. jen says

    December 23, 2011 at 9:28 am

    pizza and prize hehe

    Reply
  25. Sara B. says

    December 23, 2011 at 9:49 am

    I’m still in love w/ the skeeball game. It’s hard for me to give the kids their tokens and not to just use them all myself.
    bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com

    Reply
  26. Denise S says

    December 23, 2011 at 11:08 am

    I like the Skeeball game best.

    Reply
  27. Kelly D says

    December 23, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    I like putting my kids on the rides and watching them have fun.

    Reply
  28. Susan Chester says

    December 23, 2011 at 4:31 pm

    I love their pizza-yum!
    smchester at gmail dot com

    Reply
  29. kjasus says

    December 23, 2011 at 8:29 pm

    the skeeball!

    Reply
  30. Amanda Alvarado says

    December 23, 2011 at 8:32 pm

    I love that I don’t have to cook and clean up the kitchen! 🙂

    Reply
  31. Nicole Larsen says

    December 23, 2011 at 9:50 pm

    Skeeball and their pizza!

    Reply
  32. Shelly Peterson says

    December 24, 2011 at 12:39 am

    my favorite thing is the games and that it’s still just one token per game

    cshell090869@aol.com

    Reply
  33. nicole barr says

    December 24, 2011 at 3:33 pm

    I love taking my daughter there cause she has so much fun running around playing all the games and then she gets to cash in her tickets

    Reply
  34. Yolanda R says

    December 24, 2011 at 6:33 pm

    The game is my favorite.

    Reply
  35. katie mitchell says

    December 25, 2011 at 3:07 pm

    The pizza and being able to relax and let all the kids burn off some energy so they will sleep good.

    Reply
  36. Katharine D says

    December 25, 2011 at 6:50 pm

    I love that my kids can be kids and enjoy themselves and I can relax and have fun too

    Reply
  37. Sarah Hirsch says

    December 25, 2011 at 7:11 pm

    playing skee ball with my kids

    Reply
  38. dausyphylis says

    December 25, 2011 at 9:29 pm

    check , just clicks away and get big save

    Reply
  39. Kristi C says

    December 26, 2011 at 10:23 am

    My favorite is playing Skee-ball.

    Reply
  40. kay says

    December 26, 2011 at 1:25 pm

    The pizza.

    Reply
  41. Angela Cisco says

    December 26, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    I like playing the games just as much as the kids.

    Reply
  42. Susan Smith says

    December 26, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    I like playing games, especially Skee Ball

    Reply
  43. dan williams says

    December 26, 2011 at 5:07 pm

    twitt this today

    Reply
  44. Storm, the Psychotic Housewife says

    December 26, 2011 at 8:29 pm

    My favorite part is that it tires my kiddo out! LOL

    Reply
  45. Claire says

    December 26, 2011 at 11:04 pm

    The fun arcade games! 🙂

    Reply
  46. Kristen says

    December 26, 2011 at 11:52 pm

    My favorite is playing Skee Ball and Air Hockey.

    Reply
  47. Laura Jacobson says

    December 27, 2011 at 12:19 am

    Oh we love going to play some games and just the fun atmosphere. So much going on and good food.

    Reply
  48. nannypanpan says

    December 27, 2011 at 9:53 am

    i love my sons reaction
    nannypanpan at gmail.com

    Reply
  49. William Pope says

    December 27, 2011 at 10:09 am

    We love getting the pizza!

    Reply
  50. christina says

    December 27, 2011 at 2:34 pm

    I like the games for my grandkids

    Reply
  51. jessica says

    December 27, 2011 at 2:34 pm

    i love the pizza and pinball

    Reply
  52. Britt. B says

    December 27, 2011 at 2:52 pm

    My favorite time was taking my 3yr old cousin to chuck-E_Cheese for the first time. I have never seen a child so happy. He played for hours, and called everyone his friend.

    Reply
  53. Lisa says

    December 27, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    Pizza!!!

    Reply
  54. Jason Vaughn says

    December 27, 2011 at 4:17 pm

    I love the quarter photo booths

    chestnutyouth(at)hotmail(dot)com

    Reply
  55. melissa miller says

    December 27, 2011 at 5:23 pm

    skee ball my favorite

    Reply
  56. dan williams says

    December 27, 2011 at 5:46 pm

    twitter this today

    Reply
  57. Nancy Meyer says

    December 27, 2011 at 5:53 pm

    Their pizza! It’s so yummy!

    nancymeyer1 at gmail.com

    Reply
  58. Janna Johnson says

    December 27, 2011 at 6:13 pm

    skeeeeeeeeball!
    thanks for a great contest! Janna Johnson http://www.feedyourpigblog.com
    jannajanna@hotmail.com janna@feedyourpig on GFC

    Reply
  59. Trista Anderson says

    December 27, 2011 at 7:16 pm

    i love helping my kids get extra tickets on games 🙂

    Reply
  60. Julie says

    December 27, 2011 at 7:52 pm

    We love to play skeeball:)

    Reply
  61. Gina says

    December 27, 2011 at 7:53 pm

    My favorite thing is that the pizza is delicious AND my daughter can have a lot of fun there.

    Reply
  62. kellie t says

    December 27, 2011 at 8:12 pm

    pizza

    Reply
  63. Ellie W says

    December 27, 2011 at 8:26 pm

    My favorite thing is playing Skeeball.

    Reply
  64. Richard Morris says

    December 27, 2011 at 8:33 pm

    My favorite thing is Deal or no deal b/c it’s a somewhat adult game

    Reply
  65. Linda G. says

    December 27, 2011 at 8:38 pm

    I love to watch my boys play the games!!! They have a ball!

    Reply
  66. Julie Moe says

    December 27, 2011 at 9:07 pm

    I love the look on my kids’ faces

    Reply
  67. Whitney says

    December 27, 2011 at 9:37 pm

    I love that it’s afforadble and that they stamp our hands and make sure kids are safe!

    Reply
  68. Whitney says

    December 27, 2011 at 9:42 pm

    Added you on Google+ as RambleSAHM W.
    twitter @Ramblesahm

    Reply
  69. talisha sturms says

    December 27, 2011 at 9:48 pm

    I love chuck e cheese for everything the pizza is delicious, the games and prizes are fantastic. I have not yet taken my daughters as where we use to live a chuck e cheese wasnt close but since we have moved there is one closer and i am ready to show them how awesome chuck e cheese is.

    Reply
  70. Mary Ward says

    December 27, 2011 at 11:19 pm

    The skee ball!

    Reply
  71. Janet W. says

    December 27, 2011 at 11:40 pm

    I love going to watch the kids but I also love playing too!!!

    Reply
  72. Allison says

    December 28, 2011 at 12:16 am

    I love watching my hubby and son play together.

    Reply
  73. Tabathia B says

    December 28, 2011 at 12:40 am

    watching my kids play games and getting tickets to redeem for prizes

    Reply
  74. crystle tellerday says

    December 28, 2011 at 9:24 am

    the games

    Reply
  75. Jennifer says

    December 28, 2011 at 10:23 am

    Skee-ball!! We love it!!

    Reply
  76. Erica C. says

    December 28, 2011 at 11:43 am

    The ball pit is the best!

    Reply
  77. amy deeter says

    December 28, 2011 at 12:00 pm

    their games are so fun
    amy16323(at)gmail(dot)com

    Reply
  78. Jessica Rose says

    December 28, 2011 at 12:09 pm

    Love the games!

    Reply
  79. dan williams says

    December 28, 2011 at 12:23 pm

    I twitt this

    Reply
  80. Michelle Beggs Delgado says

    December 28, 2011 at 1:49 pm

    the smile on the kids faces

    Reply
  81. Lisa Baker says

    December 28, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    Pizza and skeeball. Love Chuck E. Cheese!

    Reply
  82. Missy Lynnh says

    December 28, 2011 at 2:35 pm

    Watching my kids enjoy the games is my favorite part

    Reply
  83. Ruthie Madewell says

    December 28, 2011 at 2:39 pm

    I love playing the games with my kids at Chuck E Cheese!

    Reply
  84. Marie Howard says

    December 28, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    i love the crust on their pizza!

    Reply
  85. erma H says

    December 28, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    I love playing the games.

    Reply
  86. Gladys Parker says

    December 28, 2011 at 4:20 pm

    Watching the children having so much fun! Leah could not talk yet talk but her smiles told the whole story and the other two smile, screech, scream and want to play more. We haven’t been in a long time, this would be a great treat!
    Gladys P
    sps1113 at yahoo dot com

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  87. brittney says

    December 28, 2011 at 4:28 pm

    i love their pizza!
    brittneydejajason at gmail dot com

    Reply
  88. Suzie Garcia says

    December 28, 2011 at 4:37 pm

    I like their salad bar and that tokens are only a quarter and each thing only takes 1 token. That makes it affordable for us to to.

    Reply
  89. Valerie Taylor Mabrey says

    December 28, 2011 at 5:32 pm

    Love watching the kids in the ball pit
    vmkids3 at msn dot com

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  90. richelle bowers says

    December 28, 2011 at 7:10 pm

    favorite thing is turning the tickets in for prizes

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  91. Angela Winesburg says

    December 28, 2011 at 7:24 pm

    My favorite thing is the games, thanks

    Reply
  92. Eryn says

    December 28, 2011 at 7:29 pm

    I LOVE their BBQ chicken pizza & I love that both of my kids can find things they love to do there.

    Reply
  93. sarah t says

    December 28, 2011 at 7:43 pm

    i love playing skeeball

    Reply
  94. Cassie Smith says

    December 28, 2011 at 7:54 pm

    My favorite thing is seeing how excited the kids get when they first see Chuck!

    Reply
  95. Ed Nemmers says

    December 28, 2011 at 7:55 pm

    I like watching my nieces’ trepidation at the animatronics!

    Reply
  96. Tia says

    December 28, 2011 at 8:02 pm

    My favorite thing is watching my kids have so much fun.

    Reply
  97. Melanie K. says

    December 28, 2011 at 8:03 pm

    The games of course!

    Reply
  98. liliana standey says

    December 28, 2011 at 9:10 pm

    all the fun games and the free tickets Chuck E Cheese throws to us sometimes!

    Reply
  99. monica p says

    December 28, 2011 at 10:51 pm

    watching the kids be so happy… they love that place. I like salad bar.

    Reply
  100. Jean Lynd says

    December 28, 2011 at 11:08 pm

    Watching my kids have a blast, although the pizza’s pretty good, too!

    Reply
  101. tina reynolds says

    December 28, 2011 at 11:16 pm

    my favorite thing is seeing the smile on my kids faces and here them laughing. eaglesforjack@gmail.com

    Reply
  102. Jeffery Gawlikowski says

    December 28, 2011 at 11:52 pm

    Our familys favorite thing about going to Chuck e Cheese is we can let the kids just go. They cant get out the door. They can do what they want.
    They have good pizza.
    I like the all u can eat salad bar.

    Reply
  103. sheryl cullum says

    December 29, 2011 at 12:16 am

    We love taking the grandkids watching them climb around in the tubes playing the games and great food too.
    amasfuntime at yahoo.com

    Reply
  104. {Not Quite} Susie Homemaker says

    December 29, 2011 at 2:24 am

    Shane’s actually afraid of the rides but he LOVES to eat the pizza & watch the “show” when the curtain pulls back & Chuck E talks!

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  105. Justine says

    December 29, 2011 at 3:06 am

    My fave part of Chuck E Cheese’s is that both my son and I can play games together!

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  106. Crystal F says

    December 29, 2011 at 6:06 am

    I like that the kids can run around like crazy and it’s ok. They can have as much fun as they want and not worry about getting into trouble. Thank you!

    Reply
  107. BusyWorkingMama says

    December 29, 2011 at 10:01 am

    I like the fun my daughter has collecting tokens.

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  108. Tiffany Hearn says

    December 29, 2011 at 10:07 am

    My favorite part is playing Skeeball with my daughters! Thanks for the awesome giveaway! My kids would love this!

    Reply
  109. Kristie says

    December 29, 2011 at 10:15 am

    I haven’t been there before, but I can imagine that the games are fun 🙂

    Reply
  110. Sherry Conrad says

    December 29, 2011 at 10:23 am

    I love seeing the kids get so excited.

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  111. Lyndsey R. says

    December 29, 2011 at 11:57 am

    My favorite thing is seeing the joy in my sons face!

    lyndsey.rullman at hotmail dot com

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  112. Erica says

    December 29, 2011 at 1:04 pm

    My favorite part is the photo booth, I love the photos my son & I take! So fun!

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  113. Coriander Warren says

    December 29, 2011 at 1:22 pm

    That it’s safe…my kids can run around and I can sit and relax (with all the noise). They cannot leave without me because the handstamps need to match. THAT IS FABULOUS!

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  114. Melanie Dauterive says

    December 29, 2011 at 1:50 pm

    I lov ethe pizza

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  115. Patricia Wojnar Crowley says

    December 29, 2011 at 2:30 pm

    I love watching the kids play and have fun!

    Reply
  116. Lexi says

    December 29, 2011 at 2:51 pm

    favorite thing is the salad bar!!!

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  117. jazmin(najellybeans) says

    December 29, 2011 at 2:53 pm

    pizza!!! and salads!!!yummy 🙂

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  118. Lisa says

    December 29, 2011 at 3:29 pm

    My favorite thing about going to Chuck E Cheese is watching my daughter play on all the rides and games. She has a blast!

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  119. Tonya H says

    December 29, 2011 at 3:29 pm

    Watching my 5 year old face light up while playing all the games

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  120. reeva says

    December 29, 2011 at 3:31 pm

    we love the games

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  121. Jammie says

    December 29, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    I love playing all the games getting tickets for my 2 yr old and my Niece. Also my 2 yr old daughter can RUN all over and get tired out!!!!

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  122. laquan says

    December 29, 2011 at 4:42 pm

    I havent took my little one yet.but he will be one in feb. And for wat i have observed the parties are the best i will have his first party at chuckee cheese..

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  123. Barbara Hunt says

    December 29, 2011 at 5:00 pm

    Thanks for the great contest!
    bahjeep@aol.com

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  124. Jessica Anderson says

    December 29, 2011 at 5:03 pm

    I love wining tickets and all of the games you can play to win them.

    PaintedPony17@yahoo.com

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  125. Rachel says

    December 29, 2011 at 5:12 pm

    Playing Skeeball is sooo fun!

    Reply
  126. Amy DeLong says

    December 29, 2011 at 5:36 pm

    skeet ball
    ardelong2(at)gmail(dot)com

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  127. Ann Marie Walker says

    December 29, 2011 at 6:31 pm

    I like the games and like that they are mostly just one token! Skeet ball is my favorite :).

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  128. Beth Palacios says

    December 29, 2011 at 7:41 pm

    My favorite is seeing the excitement in my kid’s eyes when we first walk in! Priceless!

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  129. shirley pebbles says

    December 29, 2011 at 8:24 pm

    Eating the pizza!!!

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    twitter/ daveshir2005
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  130. Rebecca Shockley says

    December 29, 2011 at 8:32 pm

    The games!

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  131. mary gardner says

    December 29, 2011 at 8:42 pm

    that the kids have fun

    marygardner49 at aol dot com

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  132. McKim says

    December 29, 2011 at 9:43 pm

    I love watching my grandson be so excited about the rides.

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  133. Nicole Thoresen says

    December 29, 2011 at 9:48 pm

    I love the video games!

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  134. Rosey says

    December 29, 2011 at 9:51 pm

    The bicycle that peddles in the air is my favorite part of going to Chuck E Cheese.

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  135. DanV says

    December 29, 2011 at 10:19 pm

    My favorite thing is playing games with the kids

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  136. Jessica says

    December 29, 2011 at 10:56 pm

    Their pizza is pretty good. That’s what I like.

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  137. Deborah Wallin says

    December 29, 2011 at 10:56 pm

    I like playing Skee Ball
    wallindeb@yahoo.com

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  138. Gianna says

    December 29, 2011 at 11:13 pm

    Skeeball!

    Reply
  139. alejandra says

    December 30, 2011 at 1:00 am

    I love Check E Cheese’s because its a great family enviroment! Love it for parties or the occassional kiddie night out. I even celebrated my 16 th bday there! Love their classic pictures and their new black and white stensil pix!

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  140. Nancy says

    December 30, 2011 at 3:31 pm

    We like the games at Chuck E. Cheese!

    Reply
  141. LAMusing says

    December 30, 2011 at 6:19 pm

    I don’t have a favorite thing because I’ve never been there!

    Reply

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