The Kickin Chicken

Tonight we ate at The Kickin Chicken in Summerville. This was our first time there and it opened in 2005. The reason we ventured there was the kids meals are $.99 every day, all day. Now with three kids this is a great deal. They offer grilled cheese on a pita, pizza on a pita, nachos or chicken fingers and they come with a drink. Adults can order anything it does not affect the kids meal price. The food is excellent, the service was great and the atmosphere is very pleasant. The do have a bar and an outside patio. The restaurant is non smoking. There are several locations in the Tri-County area so if you want a good meal that is reasonably priced go try them.

Here is a list of Restaurants where kids eat free or for $.99. If you know of more please let me know.

The Kickin Chicken kids eat for $.99 every day, all day.

S&S Cafeteria two kids 10 and under eat for $.99 all day, everyday with a paying adult.

Mondy night kids eat free at Atlanta Bread Company from 4pm to 9pm. Buffalo Wild Wings kids eat free from 4pm to 9pm.

Tuesday night there are several restaurants that have kids eat free. They are Perkins free kids meal with adult meal from 4pm to 8pm. Moe's two free kids meals per adult meal from 5pm to 9pm. Denny's from 4pm to 10pm kids eat free. IHOP kids eat free from 4pm to 10pm. Applebee's kids eat for $.99 from 4pm to close. Cisco's Twelve and Under a Penny a Pound.

Yo Burrito one free kids meal with purchase of a regular entree. Juan's Mexicali (843) 769-4041 1820 Great Hope Dr, Mt Pleasant, SC 29466 two kids eat free per adult meal from 4pm to 10pm. Just Fresh one free kids meal with adult after 3pm. Fazoli's $.99 with adult from 5pm to 8pm.

Wednesday night is Mama Fu's two free kids meal per adult meal from 5pm to 9pm.

Thursday night is Michaelangelo's Kitchen two free kids meal per adult meal from 4pm to 9pm.

Friday night there are no restaurants.

Saturday night is Denny's from 4pm to 10pm kids eat free.

One website to search for Kids Eat 4 Free lets you search your city for restaurants that the kids eat free at.

Website to check for this is www.charleston.net/kidsnight/

Hope you all find this information helpful.

Be A Tourit in Your Town

Just to let you all know that different cities have a pass to Be A Touris in Your Own Town. These tickets allow you to visit your local attractions in the month of January for one price. Charleston, SC allows access to all the Plantations, the Yorktown, For Sumter and all the State Parks. You also get discount meals at the restaurants in the area. Check out the website for your town or ours.

Holiday Festival of Lights

Every Christmas we head to James Island County Park for the Holiday Festival of Lights. This is a drive thru event that has millions of lights in the form of different holiday themes, Low Country favorites and nursery rhymes. My favorite is the Weight Watcher display where Rudolph is measuring the chimney opening with Santa watching him. The kids roast marshmallows at Santa's Village, ride the carousel and we all ride the train. The event runs until January 4th so if you are in the Tri-County area don't miss this great family festival.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Feliz Navidad, Happy Hanukkah and Happy New Year! I hope you all have a great holiday. We are enjoying a quiet night at home baking cookies after experiencing the hordes of happy, last minute shoppers at Northwoods Mall. The line for Santa was unbelievable. Luckily he was in a jolly good mood. The sales where great and the kids loved the Dollar Store for gifts for us. They are so generous. LOL. The only one who will have surprises under our tree will be our dogs. LOL.

Can We Say Wii!

I don't know about y'all but my children had wanted the Wii last Christmas but had not said one word about it this year until this week. I would have brought it last year but it was impossible to find. Now earlier this year and even this month, it was available, until now. Now that my kids have decided they want one there is none to be found. The Walmart sales clerk was real helpful letting me know that there will be plenty after Christmas. Well DUH! So I guess Santa is writing my kids an IOU. It will not be there first IOU. Two years ago they got the IOU for the Nintendo DS. Once again they decided they wanted it the week before Christmas, no such luck finding it. So the day after Christmas Best Buy had gotten them back in and they cashed in there IOU. This year it will probably be a week or more before that IOU gets cashed in but the wait will be worth it. HOPEFULLY! In the meantime, should I buy them any games for this Wii or wait? How do you think they will feel opening games to a system they do not have? Or should there be no gifts under the tree but the note? Oh the Christmas season and the joys of shopping. LOL.

Christmas Parade

Sunday was our wonderful Christmas Parades in Downtown Summerville and Mount Pleasant. I love these events. The excitement of the kids, the parade attendees and watchers and the vendors selling stuff. The Summerville Parade began at 2pm and we arrived at 1pm. Got our same spot as years gone by and this year we remembered the chairs. LOL. The children were given cookies by a local church and we even remembered the cooler. No walking to McD's this year, good thing since it is closed at this time for rebuilding. The warning of the parade starting is a canyon being fired. Then the excitement begins. The first out are our wonderful men in blue on bikes. They did a great job. Next we have all our wonderful town people including the Mayor in convertibles. Next is the school bands then the floats begin. The boy scouts are giving out candy, the reason my kids attend, LOL, pencils are given by schools and then we have the "fight". Yes I mean fight and it was not in the parade it was my children. A nice young girl from a church float hands my middle child a skateboard toy, u know one of those tech dek toys, well my oldest freaks out trying to steal it from him. Thus the fighting begins we are talking punching, kicking and screaming. I had to jump out of my chair, grab my oldest, proceed to the empty spot way behind us and yell at him. Then I had to go back and take the toy away, boy was I really angry, I missed floats over this toy. Then my oldest begins I am mad at mom and throws every Candy Cane given him at me. Most hitting me in the face and stomach with great laughs on his part. He is 12, which is really sad. Now back to the parade, I love the News Crews and all the cool Jeeps and Golf Carts. The Confederates shot off guns in front of us, at us and behind us and I jumped every time. LOL. The end of the parade was Santa on the fire truck. Then we rush to pack up, race to the car and drive to Mount Pleasant, about 30 minutes away. This is 3:25pm. We arrive on Coleman Blvd at 3:55pm to signs stating the road closes at 4pm for the parade. Boy were we lucky. We park the car, eat at our favorite restaurant, Iacofano Deli, they sell great pizza, then we set up our chairs and waited for the big parade that is lighted. It begins at 5:45pm. There are even tailgaters at this parade. They go all out some even have RV's. The beginning of this parade is the fireworks. Yes fireworks, it is better than the Fourth of July. They lasted 25 minutes and were spectacular. Then the chorus from a school sang Christmas Songs as we waited for the parade to get to us. We are at the middle of the parade. Then the cheers that the floats are coming. This parade had 138 floats. It is two hours and terrific. The tractor trailers are decorated great, the cars had more lights on them then I had ever seen, some had generators running the lights and we had candy canes galore, none hit me Thank God. LOL. The hillbillies brought out the old cars, even Granny from the Beverly Hillbillies, was riding her rocking chair behind Jethro and his wife, LOL, they were so cool. We had bikes, dancers, gymnastic routines and some of the same ones as the Summerville Parade, but with lights on them. This parade also ends with Santa on the fire truck. So sad to see them end. I love a good parade and now we have to wait until next year, but you can bet we will be there and hopefully with the same friends as this year. Thank you to all who attended this event with us. We had a wonderful day. You know who you are.

Christmas Decorations

Well today the hubster came home early and decided to decorate our house for Christmas. Well this is no small task. Every strand has to be hung perfectly and then they get plugged into our musical Christmas box and they all flash to the music (that probably annoys the neighbors and me too sometimes. LOL.) So we trim our Charlie Brown tree out front with the pruning sheers then we threw on the net lights and hung ornaments all over it. The kids decorated the mailbox and placed the candy canes around the tree, then rode off on there bikes, just so they did not have to help anymore. Amidst the yelling at me over my stupidity, like I can read his mind, the ladder has to be a certain way for him to access the lights. Like I knew this. Then he keeps tipping the ladder like he is going to fall off scaring me to death. He then safely comes down the ladder, reaches up my top and grabs his prize for a job well done only to discover the neighbor saw it all. (my blushing) Then we can't find the plug to my musical trees. Like I know where he put it last year, but I moved it. NOT. Finally after yelling and screaming about the fact that the trees are worthless he remembers the cord is under his work desk in a box. Go Figure. Amidst all the antics of the day the job turned out great and the house looks wonderful. It definelty was worth it. Hope your decorating experience is a lot less stressful then mine. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!