Family Festival!

Today Gracie's school had their Family Festival. Basically it's craft making, game playing, a book fair, and a special visitor. We got to working on some crafts right away. The first stop we made was to make butterfly sticks. Each kid got to choose their color butterfly, tape it to a popsicle stick and decorate them. Who knew this would be so much fun because my kids are still running around with them tonight.

Presley was so proud of his.

Then we met Clifford! The little ones just stared at him. Gracie was brave enough to take a picture.
The next room we went to, we made edible flowers! Such a great idea. Although not very healthy. Stick a marshmallow on a stick, spray it with water, and roll it in sprinkles. Also, decorate a cupcake wrapper and then stick on the straw. Instant yumminess!

There was a lot of effort and pride behind these edible flowers. Gracie's didn't make it home intact.

She coudn't wait to dig in.

Evie loves sprinkles!

Next we went and played with the big parachute. This was so much fun. Presley enjoyed it the most I think. He was pretty into it with his serious face as he waved it around.

But Evie liked it too. We played this a couple of times.

Finally we took our seats for the special guest.

Gracie found her friend Ava and sat by her and the little ones sat to watch too.

The special guest came out and told us a story.

And then he brought out some special friends. First was turtle shell.

Then a snake.

Presley was so excited and interested that he started hugging the pole.

"Wow. A snake!"

Then he had a spider. Yuck.

Finally we left and everyone carried out their proud crafts with them.

I'm glad I brought the twins. They had so much fun. It's hard to believe that in one more year, they will be in preschool too.

All while this girl marches off to Kindergarten soon!

I can't say enough about the Great Advetures Program through our park district. It has been wonderful.