Luke and Natalie accompanied me and their Nana to the annual Kids for Kids Family Carnival for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation today. I don’t even know how to describe this event so you can fully understand it.
FOOD:
One minute your being handed a plate and are standing on a line to taste nibbles (and not so little portions of food) from dozens of restaurants including Bao Noodles, Super Dogs, Citrus Bar, Better Burger, Dos Caminos and Serendipity 3 and the next minute you are looking for a table to sit amongst Steve Schrippa. Speaking of the food, beverages and snacks offered… it was endless from cheesecake and vegamite sandwiches (no I’m not kidding) to burgers, pizza, dumplings and fruit. I took Natalie around to see what she wanted and besides the Frozen Hot Chocolate and a bite of pizza she wasn’t interested. Natalie didn’t want to miss a minute of the fun. She did take my quesadilla (from the bite I had, I can see why. Really good.) and enjoyed a little Elmo Surprise ice cream from Max and Mina ice cream which I think was vanilla, strawberry and coconut. It mostly melted on her Limesicle tee from Loopy tees. Ironic, I know. An IZZE beverage tent was outside so she picked a grapefruit blend and drank it without a straw. Seriously, today was Natalie’s day to tell everyone she was a big girl. She had a snack bag from Kashi but didn’t understand why I was holding a big pink poof on a stick.. so the cotton candy was trashed after she just wanted to ball it up in her hands.
FASHION:
The wings. Everyone was decorating wings (or capes reminiscent of Super Grover’s cape). Natalie decorated hers (pink ones with glitter and other pretty additions.) with Nana while I took Lukie to the Forty Weeks Giggle lounge. The Forty Weeks Giggle lounge was a space I would have never found if Gina of Forty Weeks wasn’t walking around hanging lil dipper wipes out to moms. Luke was cranky (yeah, I know that doesn’t seem right huh) and it was the perfect space to take him. He was lounging on the changing table and I took off his shoes (which I left there!) so he was a little more comfortable. It really was a shame that the Forty Weeks Giggle lounge wan’t placed in a better area because it was really the ideal space to calm down from the fun.
FUN:
Storytelling by Whoopi Goldberg (who left immediately after she was done reading), themed games with Chuck Zito (when I think kid’s event, I think Chuck Zito don’t you? Oh let me shush before Charlie’s Angels come after me.), Carson Kressley and Allison Stewart were playing a game where you roll a ball from the top and try and get it into the right spot (I must have lived a sheltered life… anyone know the name of that game? It’s not skeet ball. It’s more like Pliko that Price is Right game… Yes, I watched Price is Right when I was little and at my grandmother’s house.) Power Rangers walked around and stopped for photos with the kids but Natalie didn’t know who they were so she kept going. Face painting and picture painting opportunities were all over. Aida Turturro, Edie Falco, Miss Universe and Elizabeth Hurley were around doing their own thing. Every few feet you walked you saw a celebrity and a few reality stars were walking around enjoying the day. I’m not exactly sure what Jason Patric was doing because everytime I saw him he was with his celebrity escort but he was there and he looks 1,000 times better in person.
And when were leaving the each of the kids got an orange Kenneth Cole gift bag full of product and a choice of any toy from the Target toy area. Toys were handed out by Helena Christiansen.
It was a really nice day for kids and a great cause to support. I was hoping to be able to check out the LA event in June (different celebrity heros and activities) but I’m not sure if my schedule will have me out there the same weekend.
