December 17, 2007
Our Godson Is A Great Dancer
On Saturday, we took our godson, his mom and his dad to Baby Loves Disco. Since we don't have a kid of our own and don't have any experience with kid-themed events, 17-month-old Eli agreed to let us interview him about the party.
We'd like to preface his comments by saying that from the moment we walked in until the time we left, Eli was trailed by a gaggle of older-than-him little girls. Undoubtedly this, and the bubble machine, helped his review.
Hi Eli.
Ah!
So how is the dance?
Furiously repeats sign for "more" over and over again.
What did you like?
Makes sign for "music." (ed: He is so smart.)
Anything else?
Where bubbles?
I don't know. Where are the bubbles?
Where bubbles?
At this point, the bubble machine turned back on and the interview ended.
We also talked to Eli's parents about the event since we know that going to things aimed at the toddler set can be less than exciting for mom and dad. They'd been to the monthly Baby Loves Disco in the past.
"It's a good thing to go and do," mom said. "You kinda feel dorky out there though, so it's not really an every month kind of thing."
"There're playrooms and stuff in the city that you can take them to and those are fine, but it does get boring when they get entranced with opening and closing a toy-truck's door for an hour, so this is better," dad told us. "Plus, it's nice to be at something where you can drink and take the edge off."
Not having a kid ourselves, we thought the scene was pretty fun. The music was a fun mixture of dance classics from our high school and college days spun by KEXP Wo-Pop DJ Darek Mazzone. There were free snacks and juice boxes for parents and kids as well as plenty of schwag being given away. There was even a chill-out room, just like at a real club night.
If there's one criticism we could make, it's that the bubble machine didn't turn on enough. The kids love the bubbles.
The awesome picture of the cutest godson in the world was taken by his dad, Bradley Enghaus.



Awesome. Eli rules!