today was soooo much fun. mom told me she has a super secret surprise for me today and she did. got up this morning and hung out with dad. we had a nice breakfast together. mom got up and dad went off to work super early. he decided to take the bus instead of waiting for mom to get ready. dad is all- go go go. mom and i had a nice relaxing morning. i really wanted to go to the park but mom was all- nope, we're doing something else. what? what are we doing? it's a surprise.
finally mom said it was time to go. we got dressed and jumped in the car. we ended up at the Y but at the Y in the south part of town. i've never been here before. what are we doing? then i looked in the field and saw- bounce houses! there's a family fun carnival. mom bought a bunch of tickets. my first stop was the gym bus. i've been on that before a couple times. i gave the guy some tickets and went on by myself. the gym bus is an old converted school bus. there are tumbling mats, bars to swing on, a balance beam. it's pretty fun.
after i had enough on the bus i got off and found my mom. she took me over to one of the bounce houses. i took my shoes off and had a good long bounce. i could have jumped and shouted all day long. bounce houses are that much fun. mom eventually chased me off so we could do other things- like stand in line.
mom helped me get my shoes on and we walked back to the entrance. mom paid the lady for some raffle tickets. i don't know. i guess if they pick your name out you get a prize or something. boring. then we had to stand in line for the bike helmet guy. i got yet another free bike helmet. this one is red and black with scorpions on the side. it also came with knee and elbow pads. i got a goodie bag with a little reflector and whistle. mom made me walk around to all the different booths. they were very boring, just a bunch of ladies selling crap. there was a guy there selling pink stun guns but mom wouldn't let me get close enough to touch anything. electric shocks in your pocket. i'm down with that.
after i was almost bored to death by the booths mom said it was time to eat. we got a couple slices of pizza and some cans of soda. mom found us some benches to sit on and we had a little snack. i had an orange crush to drink. i love crush! the pizza was pretty good. i ate the whole thing, no complaints.
with pizza and soda in my belly, mom thought it would be a great time for me to try out the giant bumper bubbles. there was a wait for bubbles so i did hula hoops for a few minutes first. i'm not much of a hooper. there was another kid there doing it too. i watched his technique. ahhhhh, now it makes more sense. instead of holding the hoop and turning around, you stand still and spin the hoop around your middle. i tried the new way and it worked pretty well.
a giant bubble freed up so mom and i ran over to claim it. the guy in charge came and showed me how to climb inside the harness. it's kind of like wearing a backpack. you just put your arms through the straps and grab the handles, that's it. mom then pushed me around the field. i was spun this way and that. by the end i didn't know which way was up, i was so dizzy. it was awesome though. i laughed the whole time. thumbs up for giant bubbles.
next stop was the cotton candy lady. i watched her make me a big cone full of fluffy blue candy floss. basically the machine heats the sugar, the sugar spins around really fast. it kind of melts and then makes spider webs of sugar. the cone catches the sugar and i eat it up, yum. i had to share with mom.
i got kind of sticky from the cotton candy so mom cleaned my hands up. we went to the next fun thing- fishing for prizes. i grabbed a fishing pole and went right to work. i fished out three rubber fishes. the man said i could either have a small stuffed fish or some lame plastic mask. i didn't really want either prize so mom picked a stuffed fish out for me. i just kept on fishing. it was good fun.
i wanted to keep fishing but mom dragged me up to the next event- bungee swings. oh my god. i've never seen such a thing. mom gave me a handful of tickets which i handed to the girl in charge. she then strapped into this kind of uncomfortable harness. she cranked up the winch and i was hauled into the air. nothing happened. the girl then pulled on my strap and let go, i went shooting up into the sky. bounce bounce bounce. i bounced up and down. it was soooo awesome! i spent a couple minutes bouncing up and down. it was like wearing trampoline pants.
our next stop was the big bounce house with slide. i climb inside and had a great time. there were a couple kids in there but not many. there was still plenty of room to jump about. i got told off by mom for going down the slide on my stomach. that was kind of embarrassing. no one else got told off. but then again no one else was dumb enough to do such a dangerous thing. i had a good long bounce before mom made me get out again. boooo, mom always ruining my good time.
mom said it was time to wrap things up with a trip to the snowcone lady. SNOWCONES! snowcones snowcones snowcones. i love snowcones. i got another lime and mango one. mom and i sat down on the benches again and i ate up the tasty tasty flavored ice. so i had a super fun time and happily followed mom back to the car.
we're home now. mom is waiting for dad to call. we're going to pick him up and then it's out to dinner for us. tonight it's greek food. plate of french fries and ketchup for me, please.