Ski Ball Addict

I hate to admit this, but Ian has played ski ball two days in a row... and I think we've created a monster!! We went to our local "Fun Place" yesterday with some MOPS friends, and one of the moms broke the token seal. Up to this point, we could get away with a tokenless trip there, but yesterday's visit changed that permanently, I'm afraid! He is now completely addicted, so much so that he can hardly rip the tickets off the machine fast enough before grabbing the next token from mommy (a.k.a. token dispenser)!

As luck would have it, Daddy was taking the entire senior class there today, so we got to go again (if I was actually telling you this story out loud, you would be able to detect a bit of sarcasm). Ian turned into a bit of a show-off for the 18 years olds that were nearby. At the end as we were cashing in our tickets, several generous students gave Ian their huge stacks of tickets they earned while playing their games. His small stash of 20 tickets quickly turned into 385!! Basically what that means is instead of one small imported plastic toy, we left there with FIVE!!!

All sarcasm aside, it was a lot of fun to watch him be so excited about a new game and skill. He would lift his arms high in the air when he scored points with a ball. The challenge will be tomorrow when I have to tell him we will not be going there for a third day in a row!