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| - It was a hot and steamy evening...
Temps too high to entertain the kids outside.
I needed an activity to do with my kids and get them out of the house.
My options:
*A movie? nope... too busy and not a ton of toddler friendly options.
*A restaurant? nope... the kids can't sit still for long and they aren't big eaters either.
*A museum? nope - they close by 5pm.
*A splash pad? perhaps...
(*Side note: if you have other ideas given this situation, please message me!)
And then it came to me... I would take them to Peter Piper Pizza! I had never been before, so it would be an adventure for me too. And boy, was it.
We arrived and scored a parking spot in the busy lot, and then waited in line to order food and get some tokens. We saw batman while in line, which the kids were excited about. I ordered a personal pizza and a Mac & Cheese + 2 juice boxes and a bottle of water. The guy took awhile to get my water, and then apologized as it wasn't cold. The order came up in two parts after a long wait. This did give us time to hit the restroom and find a table, which I was pleased to see was pretty clean. Unfortunately, the Mac & Cheese was inedible. It arrived piping hot, which for kids is not a good idea. I let it cool down, but even my daughter who loves Mac & Cheese didn't like it. The kids each ate about a half a piece of pizza and a few sips of juice and then we went off to explore the games...
It was a zoo with kids and parents and maybe a few shady 20 some-things everywhere. There was a birthday party going on and teenagers running around with squirt guns. My son was so excited, he ran belly first into a bench that was out of the table. He cried for a bit but got over it soon... this place felt like the definition of chaos. I would think it would be a non-parent's worst nightmare! It was clean-ish, but I could feel germs everywhere regardless!
My kids each did a dolphin ride and then my husband met us to "surprise" hang out with us too. I was fine, but appreciated the extra supervison. We then found a "throw the ping pong ball in the cup" game, which ended up being our favorite. We also did a skeeball game, and a couple of others, collected some tickets, and had fun counting them before cashing them in for some prizes. Selection for the number of tickets we had wasn't great, but the kids managed to choose some little bracelets and plastic hopping frogs.
As we were leaving, we saw Superman too...
This place reminded me a bit of my fond memories of Chuck E Cheese, but now being there as a parent, I can see why kids like it and (most) adults don't. Nonetheless, it serves a purpose and I'm sure we'll be back... eventually.
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