FRES Carnival 2019

Forest Ridge Elementary School had its annual spring carnival, which is irresistible to our children. Well, mostly irresistible. As we walked in, we saw some food trucks. We had just come from our godson's First Communion lunch and were full up on food. We were not hungry at all.

The food trucks getting business from other people

The star attractions of the carnival were the inflatable obstacle courses and race track. We spent a long time enjoying those.

Inflatable attractions!

First, they tried the race track. Blown up horses have to bounce along a plastic sheet from the starting gate to the finish line. Whoever can bounce the best (which includes going straight forward) wins.

And they're off!

Winning by a hand

A lone rider

A lone winner

I thought the obstacle course would be too challenging for the pre-scholar but he wanted to go anyway. He ran against his big brother. Big brother naturally won, but my youngest was able to finish the course without any help, so it was definitely a victory for him.

Brothers almost neck and neck

Big brother in the lead

Little brother facing a big challenge

About to slide down

He made it to the end!

The older children went back inside for the carnival games. The youngest tried out the last bouncy castle, which was another short obstacle course. Unfortunately, he could not get up the ladder/staircase inside. I cheered him on. Each attempt resulted in sliding down the side. When the time was up, he was supposed to get out. I argued with him about going backward through the course. That's when it happened. The gas powering the generator that powered the air pump ran out. So the air pump stopped. And the inflatable started to deflate. The operator went in to get him. The moment was scary. We all managed to stay calm and everything turned out alright in the end. My son was a little upset but physically fine.

The collapsed inflatable (after my son got out)

We went inside to see what the other kids were up to and try out some carnival games.

Bowling

Putting

Using extra strokes

Fishing

Hitting the spot

Each game cost one checkmark on the kid's play card. Once the card was all checked off, the card was turned in at the prize table. Picking something out was like a bonus carnival game.

Having a ball choosing a ball

The carnival was exciting and fun. The kids tried the cake walk but didn't win. That's fine because we wound up with leftover First Communion cake which has lasted us for quite a while.

The gym slowly emptying out

We are enjoying the signs of summer coming. This carnival is one of the first.