Celebration!

Yesterday we took the boys to Chuck-E-Cheese to celebrate two wonderful report cards!  Both boys did very well and we wanted to commend them on their accomplishment.  The Chuck-E-Cheese in our town is, dare I say it, clean.  And friendly and bright and airy.  And… well, just normal.  I know you don't believe me.  But it's true.

It was our 4th visit to this particular Chuck-E-Cheese and every time we leave, Chris and I remark about how clean and fun it was…

And then we made "Leftover Halloween Candy Brownies."  Do you see that huge halloween bucket filled to the brim?  It's just about all chocolate candy bars, which the boys never pick.  And we have another huge bowl also filled with chocolate.  Clearly I am not raising them correctly because anyone who chooses lollipops and Laffy Taffy over a Snickers bar is just WRONG.

The brownies turned out delightfully cute and super yummy!  And, best of all, we probably got rid of 20 bars of chocolate in the process!

This has been such a fun, relaxing weekend so far.  I'm so glad the boys and Chris have tomorrow off of school and work, especially since Chris leaves on Tuesday for a week.  Again.  Although I haven't mentioned it on the blog yet, it seems all but definite that Chris will deploy again early next year.  So we are doing our best to enjoy any time we can get as a family.  I think a movie and lunch out is on the schedule for tomorrow!  :)