In retrospect, it was probably not a good idea to take JK without prepping him for it first. Because upon entering the performance area, the blue lion had worked itself into the crowd and came bounding over to us, which terrified Monkey. Poor kid tried to climb up me even though I was holding him in my arms. I think he was trying to sit on my head. I felt so awful! Our Fearless Wonder was literally shaking the rest of the performance. Poor baby! Apologies for the lack of decent pictures. I was too busy calming him to get many good shots.
We thought maybe if he saw the costumes laying on the floor and the boys out of them, then maybe he wouldn't be so scared...
...but the second the boys got back into costume, he got scared again.
It was a wonderful performance for N and I to watch, but we were a bit relieved when the crowd departed. It was hard watching our son be so stressed out. So we decided to go scope out the rest of the libray. We discovered they have a wonderful children's section.
JK spotted Curious George from across the room and we barely kept up with him after that.
Then Arthur was spotted and loved on...
...and then the fish tank was oohed and ahhed over...
Where we we again? Oh yeah...the library! That means lots of books! Oh...the books. Monkey was in awe...
Watching the big kids play on the videos...
Did you know there was a large version of "Goodnight Moon"?
Checking out the skies before heading out to brave the downpour...a successful afternoon despite the scariness of the Lion Dance and torrential rains.
3 comments:
they do have a great kid's section. I am looking forward to taking R there this summer. We can definitely take the boys there together too! :)
That sucks that he got scared! The schnitz has seen them every year since we have some friends that are big on doing the Chinese New Year thing (a little strange since he's Scottish and she's Bulgarian, but whatever:-) We're STILL hearing about the lions and dragons and it's May!
Maybe he'll like it more next time!
Lion dances are very entertaining..but I can see how a little toddler could be a little frightened. :(
I'm amazed at how nice the library is!!! The Hawaii libraries are extremely pathetic. I don't think the state has enough funding to keep them up to date. Sad... Majority of the families in Hawaii take their kids to Borders or Barnes and Noble to hang out. LOL!
Post a Comment