It's over!

Well, Fall Fest went off without a hitch! We were crowded until about 2 o'clock. I mean all 72 of my chairs at the tables were full and all the activities and games were full!!! We had lots of people!

We brought in almost $1200 in ticket sales just today. That's on top of the $700 in presale tickets! We also have to total up the silent auction which should bring in around $2000. And did I mention the $4200 in sponsorships? Of course I did have to spend a couple of thousands of dollars but we came out on top!

Here are some pics.

Our bounce house and food area.




Our train!




Our silent auction (I won a massage and facial, dr. won some time at a shooting range, and I also got some of the cute door hanger signs!)




Our petting zoo with the softest baby llama you will ever meet.




The slide and game area with a couple of extra tables




Our cake walk. Dr. Won a delicious bundt cake after Chuck kicked him off of a number. So Dr. Moved and ended up winning!




The silly string corral.




Game tables. The boy sitting in the chair is the stepson of a girl that went to high school with Dr. I sprayed his hair blue and his stepmom said he thought he was really cool. Her text to me said ":) Jacob loved it. Asked me if he could help you every year. Nicks been asleep since he got home. "




Football toss and a volunteer.




Face painting and hair coloring.




I just knew Chuck would be exhausted. Unfortunately he will not go to sleep. It must be the 3 sno cones he ate.

The weather was very cloudy, humid, and high 70's. Don't mind the 40% chance of rain that they were predicting until they changed the forecast yesterday. I knew it was going to be a perfect day when a swarm of ladybugs showed up yesterday to help set up. My friend also found a ladybug today flying around and sought me out just to give me the ladybug.

Now it's time to sleep, until baby decides he wants a bottle.


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Knee deep

Fall Fest is this weekend! Yesterday there was 40% chance of rain. Now we are down to 20% and 68 degrees. The weather has GOT to cooperate because the only thing inside for the Fall Fest is the bathrooms!

It will be such a relief when this is over. Although it's been fun to do, I have no idea what I'm doing :). We will see what I totally overlooked come Saturday! I'm totally going to get a pedicure next week. And don't think I won't try and get a good massage from the silent auction too!

In the meantime, the little jokers have been keeping me busy. As of last week, Smith is signing. He has started signing "bottle". Tonight I was trying to push bedtime back (because we still don't understand the time change). Smith came over, pulled up in my lap and started signing bottle. He was totally ready for bed! It makes it do much easier.

He is expanding his vocabulary (and maybe I'm the only one that understands) but he says "dada", "mama", "kitty cat", "teetee" (because a mom can never potty alone), "chuck chuck" (which is more like "tuck tuck", and "baba" (bottle).

He talks constantly and totally thinks we understand him. He even carries on conversations but it is pure gibberish. Now I understand when my mom used to say that I "talked all the time". Chuck is none stop run-on sentences and Smith is his background noise. Makes a mama want to drink.

I'll see you after Fall Fest (which will have a baby llama at the petting zoo!)


The boys hanging out in mom's room eating Cheerios for breakfast.




Smith helping mom with Fall Fest preparation.




Our garage the past 2-3 weeks.




Chuck reading a map at the zoo. (He loves maps.)




The boys having a serious talk during a bathroom break.





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