What was meant to be a SPRING festival, outside in the courtyard, became the WINTER festival, in the school. Although we didn't make the final decision until the day of, we had known for a few days that the forecast was calling for cold and snow. The morning of was sunny, so I was starting to waffle if we should try to do it outside. What if the weatherman was wrong for our local area? But I just kept feeling right about having it indoors. It's a good thing -- about an hour into the Festival I looked out the window and saw dark skies and HUGE flakes of snow!
the view from our yard the morning after the Festival;
is it really the last day of April?!
is it really the last day of April?!
There were definitely some glitches. The biggest one being that a business had committed 10-13 volunteers for the entire time. I confirmed with them 2 days before. They ended up getting there 15 minutes late, and there were only TWO!! One more person from that business came a little later. Luckily, we had some great teachers and parents who just jumped in and filled booths when they saw there was a need.
But it looked like the kids and their families had a great time! I would say that despite the glitches, we had a very successful Festival!
duck pond -- one of about 10 carnival game booths
look at all of those people waiting to play games and get balloon animals!
food in the cafeteria -- we had about 8 food booths
my cute nephew and Red from Red Robin; Andy the Armadillo from Texas Roadhouse was also in attendance
The auction went well. This is what I had chosen to spend the most time on in the months leading up to the Festival. We ended up with probably too many baskets, thanks to all of the generous donations we were able to get! The families were able to go home with a lot of great deals. I was a little discouraged that a lot of the baskets went for a lesser percentage of their value than I had hoped, but in the end since we had a lot of baskets we came out very close to the dollar amount we brought in last year (which was our best year). Thanks, Ryan, for making sure that our family got some good items from the auction!
the auctioneer with his back to the camera; the bidders sat on the stairs of the stage
A huge thank you to everyone who helped me in preparing for the Festival, and to those who helped at the Festival! And thanks to everyone who came and supported our fundraiser! Thank you, Stephanie, for the pictures . . . Ryan and I were too occupied to take any! I also appreciate my family, who definitely were supportive and understanding of where I've been spending my time the last few months! Was this a lot of work? Yes. Was it worth it? Totally! Would I do it again? Something so fulfilling is enjoyable despite the work, so yes!
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It was a lot of fun! You did a great job. I only helped with one small part and it was a lot of work, so when you add up everything, I marvel that you were able to get it done and take care of 4 kids! Good job!
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