Carnival Time

My, how times have changed! When our kids were attending the local elementary school in Long Beach, I thought the carnival was pretty sophisticated because many of the booths were built to last year after year so things didn't have to be built from scratch each year. True, the school has now added a couple of grades changing its title from an Elementary School to a Preparatory School in the process. The older kids would want something more than they were getting in the old carnival.

So a commercial enterprise brought in 4 rides, a blow up slip and slide that would even let a grown person enjoy the slide, and laser tag. Ben and Perry pretty much did everything they wanted to except for the ride that kept breaking down.

They seemed to especially like the "parachute" ride and one that used centripedal force to hold you up against a wall.


Michael and Tim were a little intimidated by the fast, circular ride. Tim carefully picked the games he played so he could get enough to turn in for 3 stuffed toys.


The line for face painting was long and slow moving. But the woman doing the paining was doing such a careful job that no one wanted to aggravate her any more.

Before

After

All in all we'd have to say the kids had a good, if not great afternoon.