Monday, September 27, 2010

Chaparral Carnival!

September 10th was the annual carnival at Chaparral elementary school. It was also the first day of Dance class for my three girls plus the day we were leaving to go up to McCall. All three of these events were supposed to happen right around the same time so what was a girl to do? I decided that we would ditch the first day of class, go to the carnival and then leave to go to McCall. Phew! Problem solved!
I bought tickets the week before so that my kids could play games and go on rides. the day before the carnival I got a call from Rykers teacher telling me that he won a free ticket card in a drawing they held and that all of his siblings attending the school got a free one also. That was great but I already bought some tickets..man what is with the dilemmas? what to do now? Simple I sold the tickets to a friend who hadn't bought hers yet and we were good to go!

Ryker and Kenedy got their hair "dyed" first thing. Ryker thought his Blue and Orange Bronco colors looked really cool. Kenedy kind of liked hers, she thought the purple did not show up really well but she still looked really cute!

Avynlea and Rylee waited in a long line to get their face painted. Rylee got a pink butterfly with purple spots

while Avynlea got a sweet little Ladybug!

After his hair dye Ryker wanted to get his face painted also. So he got a rather funky shaped blue football. Kefford said it looked more like a blue blob and I tend to agree. But no matter Ryker was happy and that is what it is all about.

Avynlea plays ping pong bounce!
Playing this ping pong game proved to be really difficult for the three who played it. The game had mason jars set up and the child was supposed to bounce the ball into the jar. It was pretty hard.

Good try Avy!

Ryker took a turn but he couldn't do it either.

This is the part where I say that when Rylee took her turn she excelled and showed those balls who was boss. But, alas, she couldn't overcome the balls either. No worries they all got a candy for their efforts!

Almost as soon as we got to the carnival Kenedy found her friends and like a true tweener decided it would be more fun to run around with them. It's all good I totally understand!
Hannah, Kenedy and Natalia were in the same Kindergarten class but had a really hard time being a threesome. it was easier for them to act like girls and they seemed to always have two of them randomly pairing up and leaving out the third. It was a hard year friendship wise. They have not been in the same class since then until this year when Kenedy and Natalia were put in the same class. So far there have been no problems and I wonder if that is because Hannah is not in the same class. they are staying pretty good friends and I hope this continues!

The three of them showing off their dyed hair. I can't really see it but they feel cute so no worries!

As soon as we got to the Carnival Rylee wanted to do the blowup slide. She would not stop talking about it and finally we made our way over to the fun.

You go you little cute thing! She got two turns and loved every minute of it!

The train was the last thing the girls wanted to do and luckily they had enough punches on their ticket to do it. Ohh they were so excited to climb in and take their ride.

Such two cutie pies!

Ryker wanted to ride the train but he did not have enough punches. He was really disappointed but took it in stride and was cool with it. Isn't he so cute?

The three boys watching the girls. I love how Ryker in the picture above looks just like the guys in this picture!

This train ride was definitely worth the punches it took to go on it. They went in circles and went all over the grass, it was a long ride and oh so fun!

We had a lot of fun at our New Schools Carnival and were really happy to be a part of the fun. Great times and great memories!