Gerard Fall Festival

The night before Lily's birthday party we went to the fall festival at our school.  It's always very crowded and crazy, but the kids always have a good time.  Plus it's our school's biggest fundraiser of the year so we feel good that we can support our PTA by attending.  

 

Lily is in the process of giving up her daily nap and she usually gets pretty cranky during the late afternoon.  This day was no different.  She had been sent to her room to calm down from a tantrum and when I went to get her, this is what I found:

She was in a deep sleep under her chair.  You might think that she woke up from this little snooze completely refreshed and ready to go enjoy the festival, but you would be completely wrong!  She did not want to be woken up and was actually more cranky than she'd been before I sent her to her room.  As a result, she wanted nothing to do with most of the games that the other kids played at the festival.  I spent most of the festival holding her and trying to keep her happy.

Parker and Eden, on the other hand, had a blast!  They enjoyed the soda pop walk (that Parker won!), fingernail painting with Addison and Aubrey (we got separated from them soon after and didn't see them much after the nail painting), pumpkin grab (that messed up our freshly painted nails!), basketball throw, football toss, and duck pull.  The duck pull was the only thing I was able to get Lily to try the entire night. 

Despite Lily's crankiness, we still had a good time at the fall festival.  Hopefully next year, Lily will enjoy it a little more too!