Kids Carnival

Our local Macey's Grocery Store opened a new location, recently, and celebrated by throwing a kids carnival one Saturday. I had considered going, but it wasn't until my friend, Geneva, texted and asked if we wanted to go with her, that I really decided to do it. We showed up right when it started, in order to avoid some of the excessive crowds. It got crowded quickly, but it was fun!

First, we went on a little "train" ride that drove around the parking lot. Then, we let the kids run/bounce through the bounce house obstacle course thing. The kids quickly went through

three or four times. They had TONS of fun with that...until the crowds started showing up and a bunch of big kids started taking over. With all the craziness that comes with bigger kids, Maliya and Geneva's kids just got out of the bounce house and put their shoes back on to go. Rachel, sadly, found herself stuck. She had just climbed to the top of a set of "stairs" in there, but didn't dare come back down, because of all the bouncing and kids that were running her over. She just

sat at the top and cried. It broke my heart. Darn big kids. I told Maliya to go in there and help her, but before she got a chance, luckily, another mom saw what was going on and told her child (who was probably like 11 yrs old) to help the baby out. She did and Rachel was returned to me. Poor thing.

Maliya attempted a "bobbing for donuts" contest (which was hilarious! I wished I had my video camera).

We got some snow cones, we got the girls faces painted and finished it off with a cheap lunch. Thanks, Geneva, for inviting us! It was fun!