Kinder Karnival

I love Kindergarten, and the very funnest day of Kindergarten every year is the Kinder Carnival!  All of my kids have gone through the same kindergarten program and all of them will tell you that their very favorite part of kindergarten was the carnival.  Even my teenagers will tell you the Kinder Carnival was pure magic!  The teachers really go ALL OUT for these kids, and I love coming to help so I can see the magic happen.

The whole kinder yard was completely decked out with giant blow ups, colorful windsocks and dozens of booths and games.  It was so festive and fun, and when the kids walked out and saw it all they were absolutely delighted!

Inside the classroom was all decked out as well with ghosts on paper chains.  The darling witch paper bags that they kids made were all lined up ready to be filled with goodies at the carnival.

This little sorcerer's apprentice didn't have to make any magic this time - the magic was already happening all around him!

Luke had a GREAT time!  It was so fun to watch him win every game.  All the kids win every game.  That is what makes it so fun!

It was fun to watch Luke's buddies having so much fun too.

The carnival would not work without the dozens of parent volunteers, all in costume, that run all the booths and feed the kids lunch.  This year I got to run the bean bag toss game.  It was really interesting to see how the different kids play the game.  Some kids are completely clueless and they just stared at the bean bags in their had like they had no idea what they were supposed to do with them, while other kids had arms like pro ball players, nailing it every time.  Those were the ones who played t-ball.

Friends are fun!

Luke LOVED his carnival, and he really made out!  His witch bag was loaded down with toys and favors that he had won at the carnival.

I was so glad I helped at the carnival and am kind of sad that that would be the very last kindergarten carnival for us.  But we still have out great magical memories!

As soon as the carnival was over and all cleaned up, I hurried over to the 2nd grade building to help the kids in Caleb's class make stamp Halloween goodie bags.  Caleb was so excited and the kids had a great time rolling and stamping.  Again, some were very careful and others just slapped it together, but everyone was happy.

It was so cute to see all their bags done and sitting on their desks ready to be filled with goodies.

What a busy, fun, exhausting, magical day!  No wonder everyone loved Halloween!