Pond Jumpers: A First Ever for the UK (and us!)

What does Avery, SpongeBob Square Pants, the band McFly, ooey-gooey slime and an orange carpet have in common? The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards that's what!

Avery has a very good friend at school that she's become rather smitten with. Rocky. To be blunt, if you ask her who her boyfriend is she'll say Rocky. And no...to answer you mom, I'm not perpetuating this relationship....Avery has fallen head over heels on her own!

Well, Rocky needed a date to the first-ever UK Nickelodeon Kids' Choice awards and he decided to ask Avery if she would like to go. She was thrilled!! So, we got all dolled up and headed out to the brand new O2 centre in London.

To give you an idea of how cute this Rocky is, I have to tell you about an incident in their kitchen before we left. Avery and I were standing by the sink and Rocky came in...looked around and sort of sniffed the air. He looked at me and then at Avery and asked "Who in here smells so good?". Taken a bit off guard by the suave 6 year old, I answered quickly "It's me", knowing that I was the only one wearing perfume. So he grabs my wrist and smells it. Then takes Avery's wrist and smells hers. Shakes his head a little and says "Nope...you BOTH smell good!" He's either going to be a ladies man or a politician.

Okay, back to the awards show. We were all given backstage passes and had a front row seat at the red carpet. I mean orange. Orange carpet. We were surrounded by some serious superstars and almost got sat on by SpongeBob! Many of the stars you may not know since the show was geared more for the UK audience but here are but a few that we met or came within inches of: the band McFly, Hermione and Malfoy from Harry Potter, Emma Roberts, the mermaids from the kids' show H2O, Ned from Ned's Declassified, Josh from Drake and Josh, SpongeBob and Patrick, David Walliams (the guy that lives down the street...I've mentioned him before but have never been so close to him), Gail Porter, and Shaggy just to name a few.

The girls from H2O

This one needs no explanation.

The stage at the beginning...we were getting ready to tape since it was televised.

There is David Walliams...one of the funniest men on the planet.

Emma Watson...or better known to most as Hermione

The baddie: Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton)

Immediately following the show, which was really good. We were whisked off to a private after-party hosted by Nickelodeon. Avery danced on stage with SpongeBob and Patrick, got Malfoy's autograph and ate marshmallows covered in chocolate from a 5 foot tall chocolate fountain. She had so much fun that she could have probably stayed all night. I, on the other hand, was exhausted. That's when I learned a rather valuable but painful lesson:

When your five-year old can out party you at an exclusive star-filled after-party with free booze and food...you should probably consider your hell raising days O V E R!

Sigh...