Saturday was Marc's school carnival at Chandler Woods. We took spent a couple of hours there. We didn't know what to expect, but it was fun. They had games set up in most of the classrooms. The first room we went in "HAD" to be his classroom. ;) There both the kiddos played
Plinko.
We then went across the hall and both kids plated the fish pond. Samantha had fun watching the fish "swim" around the pond. (There was a motor to make the water flowing and made the fish swim fast.) Marc picked one and got a bracelet. After some trouble catching one of the fast-moving fish, Samantha won a yo-yo. We decided to have the kids switch prizes. ;)
In the same room with the fish pond was the sucker tree. One of Marc's favorites! It doesn't matter if he has a whole jar of suckers here at home, he always does the sucker tree. Think they taste different coming from a carnival? ;) Both kids gt a sucker but no "tickets" towards a prize.
While waiting in a long line for "Mash the Mouse" we kept hearing a banging sound. We couldn't figure out what it was. Well, it was Marc's turn and we figured out the noise. The kids had to use a mallet and try to catapult a stuffed mouse across the table and try to make him land in his cage. I have made a mental note to ask NOT to assigned to work that game next year. ;)
Marc had fun at the traditional bean bag toss.
Marc had fun playing a bowling game. But, this was no ordinary game of bowling! The pins were half the size of him and the ball was twice the size of his head!! He knocked down half the pins with his first throw!
We were a little nervous letting Marc play the dart game when we found out they were using real darts, the real, sharp points! ;) But he did awesome!! We have an electronic dart board in our basement. Daddy said we should get him playing that since he did such an awesome job with the real darts.
DeeJay the Clown made an appearance at the carnival. This clown is know for his balloon animals.
Marc decided to ask him for a tiger this time. (We have seen him many times and have had many balloon animals/things in our house.) Samantha was fascinated by him. Not sure if it was the fast-moving hands while he made the balloon tiger or the make-up. ;)
The finished product! Dee Jay told Marc to go home and feed him some Frosted Flakes........Tony the Tiger. :)
This cross-bow game was one I had never seen before. The kids had to shoot a suction-cup "bullet" at the bulls-eye. Daddy helped get him set up and aimed. Marc pulled the trigger but it startled him so much that the "bullet" was NO where near the bulls-eye. ;)
After all the games were played we decided to head to the cake walk. (on a side note.....I am been craving a piece of a good chocolate cake.) We decided that we had enough tickets to have all 4 of us play the cake walk. We thought maybe having 4 out of the 12 spots would give us good odds at winning a cake. Samantha had been confined to her stroller for about 3 minutes prior to the cake walk. She took off as soon as the music started. We found a game she is good at! ;-) She tried walking past Marc she was so excited to be out and walking! I did not get a picture of her doing the cake walk since I was trying to keep her in line. ;) And, we did not win a cake. :( The bot right next to Marc won it instead. Oh well. My fabulous husband had already planned to take me to a bakery he had heard good things about. They had yummy chocolate cupcakes! :)
We then went across the hall and both kids plated the fish pond. Samantha had fun watching the fish "swim" around the pond. (There was a motor to make the water flowing and made the fish swim fast.) Marc picked one and got a bracelet. After some trouble catching one of the fast-moving fish, Samantha won a yo-yo. We decided to have the kids switch prizes. ;)
In the same room with the fish pond was the sucker tree. One of Marc's favorites! It doesn't matter if he has a whole jar of suckers here at home, he always does the sucker tree. Think they taste different coming from a carnival? ;) Both kids gt a sucker but no "tickets" towards a prize.
While waiting in a long line for "Mash the Mouse" we kept hearing a banging sound. We couldn't figure out what it was. Well, it was Marc's turn and we figured out the noise. The kids had to use a mallet and try to catapult a stuffed mouse across the table and try to make him land in his cage. I have made a mental note to ask NOT to assigned to work that game next year. ;)
Marc had fun at the traditional bean bag toss.
Marc had fun playing a bowling game. But, this was no ordinary game of bowling! The pins were half the size of him and the ball was twice the size of his head!! He knocked down half the pins with his first throw!
We were a little nervous letting Marc play the dart game when we found out they were using real darts, the real, sharp points! ;) But he did awesome!! We have an electronic dart board in our basement. Daddy said we should get him playing that since he did such an awesome job with the real darts.
DeeJay the Clown made an appearance at the carnival. This clown is know for his balloon animals.
Marc decided to ask him for a tiger this time. (We have seen him many times and have had many balloon animals/things in our house.) Samantha was fascinated by him. Not sure if it was the fast-moving hands while he made the balloon tiger or the make-up. ;)
The finished product! Dee Jay told Marc to go home and feed him some Frosted Flakes........Tony the Tiger. :)
This cross-bow game was one I had never seen before. The kids had to shoot a suction-cup "bullet" at the bulls-eye. Daddy helped get him set up and aimed. Marc pulled the trigger but it startled him so much that the "bullet" was NO where near the bulls-eye. ;)
After all the games were played we decided to head to the cake walk. (on a side note.....I am been craving a piece of a good chocolate cake.) We decided that we had enough tickets to have all 4 of us play the cake walk. We thought maybe having 4 out of the 12 spots would give us good odds at winning a cake. Samantha had been confined to her stroller for about 3 minutes prior to the cake walk. She took off as soon as the music started. We found a game she is good at! ;-) She tried walking past Marc she was so excited to be out and walking! I did not get a picture of her doing the cake walk since I was trying to keep her in line. ;) And, we did not win a cake. :( The bot right next to Marc won it instead. Oh well. My fabulous husband had already planned to take me to a bakery he had heard good things about. They had yummy chocolate cupcakes! :)
