My Anniversary Dinner

Nine years ago on this very day Gabe and I were married.

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Guess where we are going to dinner to mark this momentous occasion?

Chuck E. Cheese’s.

Isn’t it romantic?

See, when I promised Ian I would take him to his school fundraiser at Chuck E. Cheese’s on Thursday night I wasn’t thinking Thursday, October 16th.

Now in order to be a good mother I have to spend my special evening where a kid can be a kid. Happy Anniversary, Gabe. Your gift from me is that you get to stay home with Claudia. (She loathes Chuck E. Cheese’s.) I think that proves my love as much as anything.

Ah, whatever. Next year we’re going to wine country.

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Comments

  1. Congrats you crazy kids! And have fun with Wack-A-Mole! :-)

  2. merseydotes says:

    Happy anniversary. Be sure to get a really awesome make your own sundae. (Do they still do those???)

  3. Congratulations! Mama would love any place that serves pizza, even if their mascot is a rat. (Me, I agree with Claudia, but we can keep that to ourselves.)

  4. De in D.C. says:

    Well, if you had to choose a date for the evening other than Gabe, at least you chose a cute guy.

    We’re going to be spending out 10yr date anniversary this year in TX with Tom’s sister. I don’t think he has realized this yet.

  5. FishyGirl says:

    Happy Anniversary to another crazy person who married, as my husband puts it, a longhair. His hair’s shorter than mine now, but it wasn’t when we got married. I’m sure Gabe will appreciate his gift, even if Ian won’t remember going to rat-land. Do they still serve beer at the CEC’s in VA?

  6. Congrats! What a beautiful picture …

  7. shiny says:

    Congratulations! For our ninth anniversary last year (October 18 — not too far away!) we ended up going to Moe’s at Bailey’s Crossroads. ‘Twas a romantic setting with people yelling “Welcome to Moe’s!” every forty-five seconds…

    Enjoy the baseball capped mouse!

  8. TXPoppet says:

    Hilarious, but oh I can relate. What a beautiful photo of a gorgeous couple. Congratulations!

  9. Aunt Bob says:

    Happy Anniversary. Enjoy it while you can…before I kick your butt in football this weekend. Sure, I don’t have a QB, but I will relish eating you alive with the Bucs D.

  10. Momo Fali says:

    Ah…nothing says “I love you” like the smell of mozzarella and feet.

  11. Happy anniversary Sara and Gabe!

  12. Ooops. SaraHHHHHH.

  13. Erika Jurney says:

    Happy Anniversary — your first game of whack a mole is on me!

  14. Happy anniversary and pass the pepperoni.

  15. Colleen says:

    Happy Anniversary!

  16. jodifur says:

    happy anniversary! How old were you when you got married, 15?

    and yeah, wine country

  17. Vicky says:

    Happy 10th! I know it was supposed to be stormy that day but it looks amazing out and so do you!

  18. Kate says:

    I’m sure I mentioned this last year but I drink a lot so I’m saying it again: Not only do we both have twins, and have the same birthday, but we both got married on October 16th!! (Mine ended in a nasty divorce, but c’est la vie!)

    Happy Anniversary!

  19. HeyJoe says:

    Chuck E. Cheese gargles balls.

    Which brings us to a good anniversary gift.

  20. HeyJoe says:

    Great wedding pics, BTW.

  21. patois says:

    Stepping out with another man on your anniversary? For shame. Congrats!

  22. Nancy says:

    Wow, I thought our anniversary celebration this year was bad — we went to Pei Wei with the kids on Sunday. I bet by the time we hit 20 years we’ll be camping out in the carport with spam sandwiches and Bud Light. ;-)

    Happy Anniversary!

  23. Kerri says:

    Just so you have something to look forward to, my husband and I just celebrated our 13th anniversary, and to mark the festive occasion had frozen pizza. Hooray!

  24. Happy Anniversary you crazy kids! At least you can have a beer — or 10.

  25. Zandria says:

    There’s always the weekend! I hope you’re not going to wait for next year to do something fun. :)

  26. Headless Mom says:

    Happy Day to both of you. Not making him go to CEC’s is the highest form of love there is.

    We’ll be at a fundraiser dinner tonight, also. Souplantation anyone?

  27. Alison says:

    Happy Anniversary. Nothing changes those special celebrations like having kids. The year Mr. Blue was an infant, we went through the drive-through at Dairy Queen with both kids screaming bloody murder. It was so romantic.

  28. catnip says:

    Dear Chuck E. Coli,
    Have mercy on poor Sarah.
    XOXO

  29. M.A. Smith says:

    Congrats on the 9 years. Sorry about the venue of your dinner (hopefully you’ll celebrate better this weekend).

  30. Happy Anniversary!

    Your dress looks gorgeous and I love the gloves!

    *wOOt* for wackamole! (looks like guacamole) HA HA HA

  31. Ree says:

    What a beautiful, beautiful picture.

    Happy Anniversary!

  32. feener says:

    hee heee

  33. Maggie says:

    Happy Anniversary!

  34. Missy says:

    Happy Anniversary!

  35. Stimey says:

    How do I get a kid that hates Chuck E. Cheese? I want one of those.

    The photo is gorgeous. Happy Anniversary!

  36. devra renner says:

    Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary, Happy Aniversarrrrryyyyyyy, Happy Anniversary.

    From me, Fred, Wilma and the rest of the Flinstone Family.

  37. DC Urban Dad says:

    Happy Anniversary. Did you whack a mole?

  38. Becky says:

    Happy anniversary! Hope you brought home some tokens for Gabe.

  39. MamaKaren says:

    We spent our eighth anniversary going to Princess’ ballet recital and grabbing fast food for dinner. When you know you’re together forever, sometimes it’s not a problem to defer the celebration to a different date.

    Our tenth anniversary, on the other hand, involved a trip to Monterey to taste lots of wine and do lots of sightseeing without small people. Nothing was gonna get in the way of that!

  40. Jamie says:

    Happy belated anniversary…I hope you got a lot of tokens. Bow chick bow wow.

    Sorry…couldn’t resist! ;)

    p.s. Somehow I have NEVER yet taken my kids to Chuck E. Cheese…we had to miss the one party last year at le Chuck’s. I was soooo sad. Tee hee.

  41. Allison says:

    Happy anniversary! My husband and I were married 4 years ago on Oct 16th, and to celebrate, we had chicken in the crock pot and sweet potatoes – because that’s what our two kiddos will eat. We do so much for our children! Congrats on the 9 years, and hopefully you WILL be in wine country a year from now!

  42. c says:

    Lol that’s where our family went for our anniversary too.

  43. misfithausfrau says:

    Happy Belated Anniversary!

  44. nikki says:

    Happy Anniversary. Did you take your skeeball tickets and get Gabe something special at the prize counter?

  45. Whit says:

    Happy Anniversary.

    Chuck E. Cheese’s has a nice selection of boxed wines. What’s the problem?

  46. sherendipity says:

    Happy Anniversary!!
    That picture is gorgeous.

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