The West Hills School Carnival

Today was School Carnival day at West Hills Early Childhood Learning Center. I dropped by at 2:00 to find Jr. Villager and all of his friends (the whole four year old and five year old classes) and several parents around the play area. There were many games set up, all with prizes for the kids, a snow cone machine, a cookie decorating table, popcorn and pretty much anything else that is destined to ruin any chance of eating a good dinner later.

The games included a "cakewalk" which was a sort of musical chairs that had the kids circling a set of numbered "cake" spaces, then they would stop when the music stopped (Ricky Martin... woof) and there was a drawing. If the number matched the kid's space, they won a cake! Well, a Hostess Ding Dong in this case - which is OK with me!

There was bowling, a fishing station, a bean bag toss, and more. Each station allowed the kids to choose a prize from a bin of various things, more than half turned out to be tootsie rolls, from the look of the bag Jr. Villager brought home.

There was even a celebrity! About an hour into the carnival, I looked up to see Chuck E. Cheese. I'm telling you, this is A-list red carpet kind of stuff to a bulding full of four and five year olds.

Jr. Villager has been at West Hills four a couple of years now, he has really enjoyed his time there. We've found it to be a pretty good place to have him. Within walking distance of home, with a good mix of kids and an energetic and creative staff. We've even had some of the teachers as babysitters on more than one occasion.

We missed the carnival last year - but this was a fun event. Certainly an interesting break from the work day for me!