I kind of dread the school festival every year. It's crowded, hot, loud and hard to keep track of all the kids, much less keep them satisfied waiting in line to play carnival-like games. But, they get excited to go every year, and every year, I drink lots of coffee, load them into the car and suffer through 2 hours of "fun". This year, I worked the night before and had to stay up all day Saturday with 2 small snoozes when Kella was taking her naps. Coincidentally, Andy usually has to "work" and I am driving this bus solo (okay, he really is working). He misses out on lots of fun.
We started out playing the game that Cale's teacher was co-hosting: angry birds. That line was pretty long and Liam was not quite agreeable to standing in line. He got it together in time to play...and then tried to run off with the stuffed birds that the kids were to throw at the pigs. Nice.
Then we went to a room that had Wii jousting for their game. So, my kids used some of their tickets to play the Wii (we have one at home).
Then off to the kindergarten wing and the sucker tree. Liam needed a suger fix.
Then, the boys threw rubber chickens into baskets.
Time for a snack. Did I mention the Ewan actually came to the festival with our neighbor and his girls, Ewan's great friends. It did feel a little wierd not having that 5th child to watch for. We met up with them in the cafeteria and had some baked treats.
Next "game", limbo. And I felt like I was in limbo. This game was in the music room, done up with some strands of lights, a little disco ball and music. The kids just walked around in a circle, going under the limbo stick. Full length mirrors caught Liam's attention and he danced in front of those for quite a while. Finally, I had to drag him away.
Another stop at the sucker tree. I guess a sucker, a cupcake and popcorn needed another sucker to wash it down with.
With our last tickets, we went to the game hosted by Marcus's teacher. He tried to hide outside the door for a minute ("shy"), but decided to come in.
Then we went to stand in line to cash in our tickets for "prizes".
Finally, time to go home!
They loved it, of course. Cale and Marcus both really like the jousting. Cale liked angry birds and Marcus liked the chicken toss. Ewan loved the limbo room and I think that was Liam's favorite, too. Kella rode in the Baby Bjorn and got to see all the action. Lots of people talked to her and told her how cute she was. Of course, she treated them all with a smile.
And, you can be sure, we will do this again next year!
Oh yes, Liam did wear his Power Ranger costume to the festival. Made it easier to keep track of him.
"we love the Husky festival!"
It was super hard to get a picture of Kella and me. Hopefully, her eyes have no permanent damage from all the pictures I tried to take.
Ewan and his bestie got their faces painted.
"grrrrr!"
(he even "snuck up" on the pizza delivery guy and tried to scare him with a tiger growl. The Dominos man was impressed, I'm sure)
