It was a busy weekend, beginning with the Kids' Carnival on Friday. Deedee loaned us her kids for the day, so we had a crew of 9 to help prepare. We spent the morning filling every manner of balloon - twisty animal balloons, water balloons, and regular party balloons.
We ate the world's quickest lunch and were right back at it. The kids each were assigned a station, and they set to work preparing their events:
We ate the world's quickest lunch and were right back at it. The kids each were assigned a station, and they set to work preparing their events:
Dylan ran the whac-a-mole tower
and the claw machine
and the claw machine
Abbie ran the ball toss
Justice ran the pendulum swing
Savannah ran the cake walk
Emilee ran the craft table/ rain gutter regatta
Harrison ran the diving board dunk tank/
balloon animal "booth"
balloon animal "booth"
Connor ran the coin dive, Alex ran the Duck Pond, and Haley was the floater, who went from booth to booth so the other kids could each have a break and play the events.
Our other adult volunteer
handled admission and
distributed raffle tickets
Julio manned the grill and provided
hotdogs, chili dogs, chips, lemonade
and chocolate chip cookies
hotdogs, chili dogs, chips, lemonade
and chocolate chip cookies
Once everything was up and running, I was in charge of special events. We had a couple of relay races, with teams of kids racing to fill their team's glass of water using a sponge. We also played "six corners" (like the four corners games they play at the rollerskating rink, only in the swimming pool with six areas for them to stop at).
For prizes at each booth, the kids gave out small toys, candy and raffle tickets. We had a table full of door prizes, and the kids could choose which prize they wanted to win by putting their raffle tickets into the box corresponding to their desired prize.
At the end of the carnival, we had the drawings for the door prizes, then any kid who didn't win a door 
prize was given a consolation prize consisting of swim goggles, microwave popcorn and a rice crispy treat. Then they all went to play with water balloons on the lawn outside the pool gates while we started to clean up.
An expensive party, but a good time was had by all, so it was well worth it.
prize was given a consolation prize consisting of swim goggles, microwave popcorn and a rice crispy treat. Then they all went to play with water balloons on the lawn outside the pool gates while we started to clean up.An expensive party, but a good time was had by all, so it was well worth it.
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