Skeeball is a classic arcade game that doesn’t require a lot of skill to enjoy playing. We used to play this at the beach boardwalk arcades. Now the kids play this at Chuck E Cheese and a few other play areas that are indoors and crowded with kids.

The other arcade games are fun but it gets expensive rather quickly. If each game costs 50 cents or 75 cents, you can go through $5 in just 10-15 minutes.

At this play center, the go karts are for kids 10 and older. The younger kids must ride with an adult. I’m sure that’s for safety reasons, but what a shame that the kids can’t drive their own karts. What makes 10 the magic age for driving ability?

The swim lessons are paying off. We went to the lake and he was fine paddling around with a swim noodle and staying inside the roped off swim area. Outside the swim area the depth drops quite dramatically and it’s not safe. But he did fine and we had a nice hour or so cooling off and having fun.