Gisele's Carnival Extravaganza

I’ve never been to an actual kid’s birthday party before but I know that yesterday was no ordinary party, it was truly an extravaganza! Who’s the birthday girl, you ask?

Full name: Gisele Joan Alston.

Age: 2.

Favorite animated character: Dora - but that has nothing to do with yesterday.

Have you ever been to a carnival in the beginning of January? Neither have I. But this indoor carnival was excitingly the bomb dot com.

When the nugget and I arrived, we were directed to a live show. “Step right up kids!” The clown was in the middle of her popular act. She made monkey hats, poodles and these heart sword thingys out of balloons. And the kids loved it! Gisele was the center of attention of course. She helped the clown with her magic wand to make a rabbit appear. That’s right y’all, this over-dressed clown had a rabbit. Surprisingly, the kids weren’t afraid of it. They all wanted to pat the white fury hopper. Even Chayce took delight in meeting the rabbit, courtesy of Byron.

Just as any other carnival would have, pizza and hot dogs were added menu options. Cotton candy and cupcakes were the sugar-filled treats of the evening! We played games, took photos at the photo booth and the kids had cool, fun-filled to go boxes. Gisele played in the moon-bounce with her cousins and friends. The kids and even the adults were getting their face painted as some sort of fantasy figure from Batman, Iron Man and Tinker Bell. It was super cool.

I must give a special kudos to Gisele’s dad, Dalion, because he WORKED the popcorn machine. I mean, the popcorn was so good. I honestly had like 3 bags. It was a movie lover’s dream.

Fun times with family, old friends and tons of kids. No one got hurt, the kids played nicely with each other and there was no drama. Just a birthday girl enjoying her day at the carnival. What more can you ask for?

If at 2 you get a carnival, I wonder what the Sweet 16 will look like…

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]