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…can come face to face with the stuff of nightmares.

For Evan’s birthday, we decided to take him to Chuck E Cheeses.  Evan had never been been there before, and he had a BLAST.  Tried to ride on every cars-related ride at once.  It was hilarious.

Now, I haven’t been to a Chuck E Cheeses since the 80s, and I have to say, those singing animatronic abominations are some serious creepy. Their halting, jerky movements coupled with those constantly sweeping unblinking gaze sent chills down my spine.  The pinnacle of eerie was achieved when they broke into a stirring rendition of Tears for Fears staples: ‘Everybody wants to rule the World’ followed by ‘Shout’.  I’m amazed the kiddies didn’t run screaming from the room.  I know *I* was sorely tempted to do so.

Thankfully, the robotic monstrosities did NOT choose to throw off the yokes of their human oppressors and begin the wholesale destruction of the human race.  Whew.  Also, the pizza wasn’t half bad.

Getting Evan to LEAVE at the end of the night turned out to not be a popular suggestion.  But I’m glad he had a good time.

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 19th, 2009 at 5:01 am and is filed under Evan.