Admission was either a donated toy or canned food item, there were various large prize packages up for raffle and a slew of free activities, including a merry-go-round among other carnival style rides, fairway games, snacks (popcorn, cotton candy, sno cones and something else I can't think of right now) as well as dinner (hot dogs, chips, cookies and various soft drinks - this was obviously a health-conscious event ;) ). Troubles the Clown was there making balloon animals, the Bubble Man doing his thing, the police department there with the Ident-a-kid program making free information profile CDs of the kids and Santa even showed up for gift requests and photos, arriving on a jet plane. I'm not even kidding about that. They opened the hangar up and rolled a jet right up to the opening and he walked off the plane. It was quite the spectacle! Fortunately our girls were still mesmerized by all the rides and lights, so Santa was a non-issue. And apparently this year's festivities were toned down a bit from previous years! Needless to say the girls had a lot of fun, even though they were too short for most of the rides. I'd say we'll likely be returning again next year for another free night of family fun :)
One of the rides Claire was too small for, but we put her on it anyway. We're such rebels/negligent parents (depending on your viewpoint)
Fairway games are a lot more fun when they're free!
Melanie and Claire helping dad blast some bugs
They even won the bug blasting game and got a prize!
Several people said they were glad the girls won, even joking that Matt won due to having the youngest kids playing that round with him (since we all know these games are rigged anyway)
Melanie in a bubble
Claire was not interested. Maybe next year.
Pop!
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