The wife was away this weekend on a women's retreat for our church (see 'the body' in the links). It left me with the two kids (3 and 1) for the weekend. It also left a variety of other dads in the same situation. I haven't heard any horror stories which is a testiment to the men of our church. Mostly event packed Saturday's and napping on Sundays. I packed the kids and met no less than 3 dads and their tag-alongs at Chucky Cheese for some pizza and arcade magic Saturday at just before high noon. What a great time! After 10 minutes of trying to decide in which format we were going to spend the small fortune on low grade pizza and a cup of game coins we managed to feed everone and wear out the 60 second rides with no breakdowns or fits. My trio's collective favorite was a wave runner simulator that you actually sat on. It rocked the three of us around and we crashed into the walls and jumps via the little man's driving.
We then survived a trip to Wal-Mart for groceries and rounded out the evening with the Little Mermaid. What a great excuse to watch all the old Disney movies my kids haven't ever even heard of!