Carnival

Tyler's school held a carnival today. I remember going to carnivals at my brother's elementary school and playing games in the parking lot. The popular game then was always the fish bowl game (where you throw a ping pong ball & try to get it in a fish bowl and win the traumatized fish). I was so afraid we were going to come home with a fish, or worse, two fish. Fortunately that was not one of the games at this carnival.

The kids played a bunch of games and won some little trinkets and candy. Danielle won a bag of cotton candy at one game, but her favorite part of the carnival was getting her face painted (ugg). At least she picked a relatively small bunny rabbit.

Tyler played a game where he had to throw balls at a bullseye. He hit the very center on his first try! He also played a game where he had to guess how fast he was throwing a baseball. With Ron's help, he guessed 5 mph. He was close - his throw was clocked at 6 mph. (As a point of reference, the kid before him was at 23 mph.) Tyler wanted to get his face painted like a vampire. We argued over it briefly until the "artist" said she would leave off the blood. I think he still looked a bit creepy.

About midway through the carnival the principal was supposed to be doused with silly string by a representative from each class. Our neighbor's son was representing his class, so we stayed to watch. While waiting for the fun to begin, the principal and Ron joked about how many times Tyler had visited her office this year (none) and about her silly string "gear". It was funny to watch Tyler's body language change when she was talking to Ron. Fortunately he still has a healthy respect for her! Our neighbor's son got her right in the goggles (not the butt, as Tyler had suggested) and everyone had a good laugh. We had a good time.