School Carnival

This past weekend was Elina's school Carnival, one of her school's big fundraisers. It was more fun than I thought it would be. They had lots of games and activities for little kids, so that both Elina and Eli could join in the fun. There were bounce houses, electric cars, a red choo-choo train, bean bag tosses, face painting, balloon animals, a cake walk, raffle drawings, and lots of food.

Eli loved the red choo-choo train, but for some reason, while he rode it, he seemed scared and worried. But once we got off the train, he was smiling and waving at the train passengers as they passed by. So weird! He loves seeing the train, but not riding it.


The kids also loved the electric cars. Elina loves driving Eli around. She enjoys protecting him whenever they are on rides. She always keeps her arm around him and says nice things to calm him down.

We were also so proud of Elina for getting her face painted. She usually doesn't like it at all. We asked her why and she said, "It's because they might accidentally get it into my mouth and I might end up eating it." Is that weird, or what?? Anyway, she decided on her own that she wanted a heart on her cheek. It's not much, but we were really proud of her.

Elina's favorite part was winning a cake in the cake walk. A and I had tried to get a cake on our own, but we didn't win one. So we tried again, this time with A, me, Eli, and Elina. I told A that if we didn't win with 4 people in the circle, then we didn't deserve to win. 'Lo and behold, they called out Elina's number (#17) and she won a cake! We had wanted her to pick 2 cakes that we had been eyeing, but she wouldn't have it. She chose her own cake...of course it was a chocolate cake with chocolate icing on it. She was so proud that she won!

What a fun day!