Saturday afternoon was the much-anticipated Bowie Fall Festival! We volunteered to help with set up and were assigned the photo booth. Lincoln had so much fun helping get the decorations up and taking silly pictures. When Daddy and Beau joined, Beau loved it too!
One of the most popular attractions is always the confetti eggs. What could be more fun than smashing eggshells filled with confetti on your friend's head?!?! Lincoln and Canon were the first ones at the booth, and they had a blast! (Because Lincoln and Canon are just the sweetest guys ever, they gently smashed eggs and had so much fun. No wild and crazy with these two!)
Bounce houses and inflatable obstacle courses were a big hit too. The boys went through this obstacle course 10 times each and pretended to be on American Ninja Warrior!!
Out of all of the carnival games, the Toilet Paper Toss was their favorite . . . of course! Beau thought it was hilarious to throw rolls of toilet paper into a fake potty. Boys!!
Lincoln did some toilet paper tossing as well, and he was followed by the rest of the first grade boys. Toilet humor and little boys . . . priceless!
Lincoln was off eating candy with some friends, while Beau gave his all at the strong arm swing. He was determined to get the bell to ring, but his sweet little self just couldn't put enough muscle behind it. He was rewarded for his efforts with two pieces of candy, so he got over it pretty quickly!
There is no photographic evidence to prove it, but we went through the Haunted House as well. We all held hands, and Mommy had to yell, "Little kids, No scare" as we went through. The Bowie 6th graders think it's an honor to be in the Haunted House, but they are super kind when little kids are going through. After we had participated in each and every part of the Fall Festival, we made plans to take our party for pizza. The back room at Palio's was kind a zoo as we took over. The families in attendance: Kuhlman, Katsoulis, Moody, Boyuls, Greeson, Evans, and Cruse. It was a fun way to end the day!
We had so much fun at the Fall Festival with so many great friends. It's a tradition we all look forward to! Emotional backstory for Mommy: In October 2012, Mommy and the boys sent Daddy off to Belgium for his first really extended overseas work trip. Mommy was a little more worked up than anticipated and was doing a little aimless driving. An extra long week with little communication and a person on the other side of the world seemed like way more than a day business trip one state over. We stumbled on the Bowie Fall Festival two years before Lincoln would go to Kindergarten there. We didn't know anyone there, but the boys were excited about the activities and it was a great distraction. As we were unbuckling from the car, Daddy called to say love you for the last time before the flight. A round of tears from Mommy were hidden behind sunglasses and excitement about games and bounce houses. We spent a fortune on tickets to play every game and bounce in every bounce house, but the boys didn't notice that Mommy was sad. During a performance by the Pearce Country Western Dancers, Daddy got to sneak one more call before the plane took off. Bless those people around for not confronting the crying lady!! So for only Mommy, the Bowie Fall Festival comes with a lot of emotional memories. Thanks to the committee chairs for their hard work not just this year, but in a year when it meant a whole lot to us. But seriously, Katrina and Andrea - y'all really gave us a great event this year! We are so happy to live in a community where we all get to do so much fun stuff together, and each year just gets better and better.
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