Kai's First Arcade Experience

Monday, October 1, 2007
Our fun never ends. Cheri came up with this brilliant idea for us to go to Odyssey Family Fun in Tinley Park, IL. Little did I know I was to climb after the boys in a four-story jungle gym of tubes, slides, nets, and things I thought I'd plummet to the ground (because of my weight).

With most children in school, we were lucky to have the whole place to ourselves, which meant I had to clamber through tubes to keep up with the boys. The clear tube was sorta freaky- Cheri had a great time taking photographs of my butt through it.

VIDEO: Kai goes through a clear tube...reluctantly.

By the time, we left the structure- my knees and butt were pretty sore.

Cohen and Kai spent a lot of time in the ball pit contemplating what to do with all those balls!

Even Hope had her fun...

But Cheri was in total bliss (or in delirium from too many night shifts as a nurse)...she's gonna kill me for this video!

Video: The CLAW!

Of course the fun had to end, as we headed off to see the rest of the arcade.


Kai and Cohen are just mesmerized with driving, and Hope tries out her new wheels.

VIDEO: Kai's first try at an arcade game.

The next couple hours were spent trying to earn as many tickets so the boys could get a toy hand clapper, rubber snake, and bird whistle. We had to jump rope quite a bit to get it too...

Here's another video I'll get busted for. Hey Cheri, you can see your whole backside now!