Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Kids' Day: Carnival Party

Kids' Day again! As said, we always celebrate this during the first Sunday of the month. A day where we let the kids decide what they want to do, where they want to go; and most especially a day to let them know they are loved, most especially this day.

This February's first Sunday landed during the Carnival Party for kids here in our town. There is no more discussions on where to go, especially since I have given my time to selling the goodies during the carnival party.

The real issue was what to wear. The kids have been dressing up since last week, two times in kindergarten; and I would think they are already overwhelmed with all these celebrations and then the coming much awaited vacation. Well, MC decided to be a flower girl and IC wanted to be one, too. Now what was this flower girl dress they are talking about? It took time before I realized it was the traditional Chinese dress I bought during our last trip in Bangkok.

Well, they have chosen; they only needed a bit of face painting to complete their costume. We took off an hour earlier as I would need to help with the preparations. It was okay for the kids as they got the chance to play around the still empty hall.


I'm banished in the corner to sell coffee, pretzels and berliner (filled doughnuts); which are traditional carnival snacks.

And then the party started with the traditional Polonaise dance; a sort of a warm up dance popularly participated by most kids and adults alike which signals the next exciting hours of games, dance, and party to come.

And then some games like this one, too.
The program was not too long for the kids to get bored; not was it too short for the kids to want to cry for more. Nope, the party was fun and action-packed that almost everybody got busy. Kids were allowed to play around, run around and dance around; but they must take a break when there is a game being played or they could choose to participate and get some prices. Of course, nobody looses, everybody gets a prize.
And the adults? They also came in costumes and got the chance to comfortably chat and enjoy the party; unless of course for those moms with small kids. The got to be dragged from one end of the floor to the other. Well, I used to be one of those moms but now the girls drag their papa; after all, mama is busy selling goodies, hahaha.
Oh, I rewarded my husband by inviting him to dinner in the nearby Greek restaurant. After all, he would be the one paying, too :D Life is not fair, huh!

6 comments:

Vk-mahalkaayo said...

namiss ko rin ito.....noon ay ganoon kami ng mga anak ko.
ngayon wala na....kasi sila-sila na lang, kasama ang mga friends nila.

mama or papa....wala na....lol

ay pareho sila ng damit ni kim, meron din si kim na chinese dress bili namin sa last vacation sa hongkong, maliit pa sila, i think kim was still in grundschule....

gusto nya isoot last fastnacht, hindi na kasya, maliit na ....
sayang ano?.....souviner na lang ito...

ang saya nyo sa fastnacht uy....
masaya n enjoy talaga tayo pag maliit pa ang mga bata....
pag teenager na sila, wala na...iba na ang kalaro nila....lol

sigi, i wanna go, basta tawag na lang ako sa iyo.....

bye

Joy said...

Your girls are so adorable! You have a charmed life.

Greek resto? I love their vine leaves! Did you have any?

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raqgold said...

vk - kaya we need to enjoy your time with them kapag bata pa sila. kasi kapag may barkada na sila, hindi na nila tayo isasama :D

joy - thanks! those girls are my charms, true! vine leaves? hmm, never tried those. i'll ask next time. that greek resto is a fave resto of my kids.

lovelyn said...

Hayy, its more fun to dress up girls, Look at your two lovely minis. My eldest doesn't want to wear his costume, he thinks he is a BIG BOY now. Even at school, he didn't let her teacher paint his face.

raqgold said...

lovelyn - hahaha, you have a big boy na. my girls would continue dressing up, i would say, until they are so old like mom, hahaha

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