Hoe Down at the School Carnival
Go Kyle rope that steer!
Kyle’s school (my big boy kindergartner!) has a Carnival fund raiser every fall to raise money for the school. I have to give big kudos to all the parent volunteers in the booster club who make this event happen. It seems like most of the school fundraisers have gone the way of Sally Foster and Magazine sales and it’s impressive the amount of money Kyle’s school’s booster club raises from this event. I really respect that we DON’T do Sally Foster, IMHO Sally Foster is like sleeping with the devil. YES your school gets money but you are sending out your kids to pimp a product that very few people want so the school can get just under 50% of the revenue (less the very expensive prize packages you have to buy). Pat and I decided last year we’d rather just make a tax deductible donation to the school than buy stuff we don’t want or need!
Pat and I also got a good walk down memory lane. The school carnival has fallen by the wayside in a lot of places, but I remember being so excited to go to the carnival when I was a child. Kyle could barely stand himself for 2 days he was so excited about all the activities.
We had a really great time as a family, and were more than happy to contribute to the school in such an interactive way. The cupcake walk was a hit with our kids. We spent a good deal of time and tickets there. Thankfully Amy finally got lucky and won us a box of cupcakes!
Evan even got in on the action throwing bean bags and trying to rope the steer… it was really cute to see my shy boy who usually won’t do anything get excited to do something. And Kyle was thrilled to throw a “cow pie” in the school counselor’s face. He doesn’t know the counselor, only being there a few weeks, but the idea of throwing a pie in the face of someone with authority… he was so excited. I guess he hit the poor gal straight on… I missed it as I was buying more tickets at the time!
“roping” a steer… Kyle and Amy were both very successful!
I’m cute… yahahaha….
I couldn’t get Kyle or Amy to step into the “wanted” booth to save my life and I barely caught Evan in there
Face painting… what princess wouldn’t want a rhinestone encrusted unicorn on her face???? Let me tell you the “wash off” the next morning to remove the blurr of paint from sleeping was not fun.
Cup Cake Walk…. going for lucky number 8!
Score… 4 cupcakes, one for me, 2 for brothers, one for daddy!… All good!
