Our school had its annual Pumpkin Fest last night. It’s a fund raiser event that always draws huge crowds. It’s got all kinds of cool stuff.
There is of course a pumpkin patch:
I got one at the end of the evening.
There are also baked goods for sale. Unfortunately, I only went through for a walkthrough at the beginning of the evening and never got back to buy any sweets.
I was curious about something called guava butter.
The live entertainment was great.
The woman is one of our sixth grader’s mother.
Halfway through the evening, I got pulled over to help run the bounce house. It was a tiring job. I will hope to do a different job next year.
The thing behind the bounce house was a tall-jumping thing with bungee cords. It was cool.
There was a silent auction. I bid on a lot of things, but didn’t get a chance to do one last bid because I was at the bounce house. The most intriguing items were unopened boxes that were shipped by people from all over the world. I bid on several, but only won one. It was a box from Seattle. Woo hoo! Here’s what was in it:
Smoked salmon! Yum! It also had two cups with some eagles on them or something. I think it might be from a video game or comic book. (Ha! It’s Seahawks cups. I know who the Seahawks are.)
Yay! Are those the right size for Carnation? (I liked your feigned ignorance. 🙂 )
Was all that activity after a full day of school? You must be exhausted. That seems like a great fundraiser, but also a bunch of work.
That box thing is a great idea!
Paul answered your plant question on your What weed? entry. Don’t know if you look back to previous entries.
By the way, I enjoyed checking your blog (is that what this is called?) after you moved back to Baltimore… now I read it just about every day to see how Maui is treating you. Also love keeping up with what is going on at ELC/S. Thanks for faithfully writing!
Hi, Ann! Nice to hear from you. It was so fun to see Paul when he was here. I hope you guys are doing well!
This looks like huge fun – and a huge amount of work!
Random reflections on today’s post:
1) Would pumpkins grow naturally in volcanic soil, or were these “imported” (from the mainland) or door #3 (whatever that is)?
2) I always prefer live entertainment over dead entertainment myself – just another thing we share…
3) Reading too quickly, I wondered where you were driving and what you were doing when you got pulled over. Then I finished reading the sentence…always a good idea.
4) What?! No COFFEE in the Seattle box? I think you were taken a bit there…but enjoy the salmon!