Fall Festival

Tuesday night, Carter and Callen's school had their Fall Festival. Callen had been sent home sick earlier in the day {and has been home sick since! yuck!} so she and Daddy stayed home, but Carter was raring and ready to enjoy some fall fun!

First up...the bounce house! To say he loved it is an understatement. He is still talking about it. They had it at the school all day, so all of the classes got time to jump on Tuesday before the Fall Festival, and then he jumped in it twice that night! It was, believe it or not, the first time he has ever been in one. Not a conscious decision we'd made...we just realized on Tuesday night that it was his first experience. {the picture's not the greatest, but he was having a grand time!}

Next while the big kids were bouncing, Carter went to dig for critters!
He enjoyed finding them and showing them to me. When he found a roach and he tried to show me, I shivered {hate them!} and he proceeded to chase me with it. What a stinker!
We went inside to enjoy a dinner of chili and grilled cheese while visiting with friends and their parents, both of which were delightful. Then, one of the teachers came in with funnel cakes for dessert. It was quite a hit with Carter.

In his classroom they had a cake walk. This is Carter's idea of how to maximize your chance of winning. Smart child we have here! Everyone was laughing that he straddled two numbers. He did, in fact, win a very cute El.mo-decorated cupcake!

Other than the bounce house, his favorite activity was bowling with pumpkins {any time he can roll/throw/kick something inside, he is happy}, but it was crowded and I couldn't get any action shots of his bowling skills. He didn't have any strikes, but he managed 2 spares!

Each room had an activity, so he also got to paint pumpkins, stamp Halloween stamps on a small canvas goodie bag, get a tattoo {he chose a football player}, play the duck pond game, and play in the tunnel & ball pit.
At the end of the night when we were on our way out, one of the teachers was making witches' brew bubbles that the children could hold and pop. Carter thought it was pretty neat!
We really enjoyed the Fall Festival and were sad that Daddy and Callen couldn't be there to experience it with us this year. We hope she'll be up for it next year!