Children's Good News Spectacular

The Children's Good News Spectacular comes to Raleigh once a year in August. We have never been, but thought we would give it a go this past weekend. Camille insisted that her best buddy, Madelyn, join us, so off we went! For those of you on the East Coast, you will wonder, wasn't that during the Hurricane Irene timeframe? Oh yes. We had gotten a lot of wind & rain Saturday morning, but felt like we could safely make our way to the event. We didn't want to be stuck in the house all weekend and what better place to get stuck than a kiddie playland!? :)

We arrived a little after 10am on Saturday. Both of the girls had huge eyes as we walked in. It was held in the Jim Graham building at the Fairgrounds, so it was huge! The girls seemed a bit uncertain- this being their first carnvial type experience. They both clung tight to their parents. We walked around a bit trying to find some inflatables that were more geared to the younger kids. We found this inflatable obstacle course with a huge slide at the end. The girls obviously had to have someone occompany them, but they both were willing to give it a go. Camille loved it! Since I stood back to take pictures, I couldn't get close enough to capture the whole experience. Here is a picture of Camille and Daddy coming down the slide at the end. Sorry its dark, I had the flash on! :(

Maddie didn't quite feel the same. All you could hear was screams as she came down. All I could picture was A Christmas Story when the scary Santa pushes the kids down the slide with his foot. :)

We knew the girls shared a love for food, so we then headed to the popcorn booth. This was the first taste of popcorn for both girls, but they acted as if they had been eating it for years. We sat down next to the big stage and ate our popcorn. Little did we know that this was the perfect space b/c within minutes of sitting down, a puppet show started. The puppets sang lots of songs and the girls loved it!!! Here are a few pictures of the girls dancing & clapping to the show.

They were so cute and quite the entertainers for others in the crowd :)

After the show, we wanted to try the inflatable bouncers again. We found a smaller bounce house that wasn't as crowded with older kids. Camille LOVED it! She loved falling and jumping. Here are some pictures of our bouncing beauty.

Maddie didn't enjoy the bouncing as much, so I decided it was time for snow cones! :) The girls each wanted the pink snow cones and loved every bit of them. As Nick mentioned earlier, Camille calls them "ice." So she kept saying "Mo Ice Peas" (more ice please). They enjoyed more music and dancing while eating their snow cones. Afterward, we spotted the balloon animal booth! The girls knew where they wanted our next stop to be.

There was a long line, but that gave the girls time to decide what kind of balloon animal they wanted, and what color. They both opted for a puppy dog. Camille watched very carefully as the clown made her puppy. She even said thank you at the end.

The girls loved walking arond with their new balloon puppies, but both quickly had balloons that looked more like weiner dogs b/c they twisted their midsection undone :) I definitely hope we can go again next year, especially since Camille will be older and can do even more of the games & activities.

We ended our play date with a trip to Chick Fil A and then home for nap time!