The Girl Scouts worked VERY hard on their float and pole decorations! Their theme this year was 100 years of Girl Scouts so they had to make 2 giant cardboard cakes with 100 candles on them! 1 was to put around the pole on main street and the other was to put on the float:) We worked on it for 3 straight days to get them both done and to work on getting the trailer and truck decorated! It was a pretty cute float and the girls had a blast doing it!!
We were supposed to have met on the 17th to decorate the 4H pole but it was too windy that day. So each of the kids had a decoration to make and have ready by Friday the 19th. My son's job was to make some stars out of neon green poster board and fill 2 pumpkin trash bags to sit in front of the pole. The theme for the pole was "Peace out with 4H" and the colors were bright and cheery! When we met to put the pole together it turned out really cool! The kids were very proud of their pole!!
Not only were we helping with floats and poles but I also had to make costumes for my boys to wear on the floats. My oldest son who is in 4H had to come up with a superhero themed suit that tied in with 4h. So with him he wore jeans, a 4H tshirt and a cape made from a white sheet that I glued a clover on and painted H's on each leaf! It was pretty cool! My youngest son's class was having a float in the parade and the theme was "Mrs. Summers Magical Forest." We lucked out on having to do the float one of the parents had a daughter in Latta schools and they had a cheerleader float for homecoming that we got to use and just had to add a few things to!! This was the cutest float EVER!!! We did however have to come up with fairy costumes for the girls and gnome costumes for the boys. I was trying to come up with one to look like your typical yard gnome but it just wasn't coming out like I had envisioned in my head so we ended up going with a garden gnome look! I am so glad we did cause my son was so stinking cute!!! I think both costumes were a hit! Those that know me know that the costumes that I make end up looking way cuter than anything I could have bought! One year my daughter had to dress as a scarecrow and another year she wanted to be Jessie off of Toy Story! I made both of those costumes and they were super cute! If I can find pics of both of those I will include them with this post!!!
In between all the school stuff we actually got the time to sit down on Friday to do some arts and crafts here at home! I had planned on them making milk jug pumpkins and ghosts to put glow sticks in and sit on the porch and to make some tombstones so we could have a graveyard in our yard. Key words there is "I had planned"!!! Yeah we were so busy that the only thing we got done were the tombstones! The kids had so much fun painting the cardboard cut outs! Of course I did the lettering because I wanted them to be readable! LMAO!!! But we got it done and got them in the yard and it turned out pretty cool!! I did however have to take them down Monday because rain was coming and I didn't want all of our hard work ruined. I still have yet to get them back out there but I may do that as soon as I am done typing this!
I will say the Oktoberfest was a BIG hit! The 4H ended up getting a trophy for their float and placed in the pole contest. The Girl Scouts also placed in the pole contest and got a trophy for their float. My son's class also got a trophy for their float for Most Elaborate!! They were all so excited and I was happy that all of their hard work paid off in the end!
I am also happy to say that we did indeed end up getting to go to Frontier City on Sunday!!! My husband didn't get to go with us until later that evening but he did get to come out and have some fun with us! My youngest daughter rode a roller coaster called the Steel Lasso and she LOVED it! By the end of the day my oldest daughter rode it and she loved it too! We had so much fun it was just like I thought it would be! My Mom got to go with me and that made it that much more fun! My kids deserved to have a day of fun with the family and that is exactly what we did! We didn't get home till late Sunday night which made it hard on the kids Monday morning but we all survived and it was well worth it! Can't wait to go next year!!!
As you can see us Stay At Home Mom's are always busy doing something for our kids! Granted its always fun and we don't HAVE to do it but that is one of the perks of being a SAHM:) Only thing is we don't get paid money for all that we do, we get paid in hugs, kisses, smiles, and that twinkle in our kids eyes!! I wouldn't trade it for the world! These are the days that I will cherish for a lifetime and my kids will NEVER forget! So the next time you have a busy week doing different activities and projects with your kids remember that they will never forget all the fun you had doing them no matter how old they get!!!
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