[Image]  The local schools hold a winter carnival to raise money, and this is definitely a win-win proposition. Somewhere to go on a winter night, delicious food, fun games, and lots of prizes. You can see how excited Desert Girl was to go (in her new flower hat).

[Image]  The theme was year of the horse, and I enjoyed seeing the horse drawings from the first and second graders.

[Image]  For the adults, one of the big events of the night is Bingo. There are some very competitive players (even though it's rather hard to be competitive in Bingo!).

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Bingo draws out people I hadn't seen in awhile!

[Image]  The face painting booth was very popular. Somehow I didn't manage to get photos of my kids with their faces painted, but they looked great.

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What a beautiful butterfly!

[Image]  The photography booth, where you choose your own costume, was also very popular. It was fun seeing some of the adults give it a try!

[Image]  I haven't been around that many people in awhile, and it sure felt chaotic! We were glad to be running a booth in the corner, where we could go hide once in awhile. Our winter evenings are usually quite calm--or I guess some people might call them boring, but with little kids around, I don't think it's ever boring! Nevertheless, it was a lot of fun to get out of the house. Plus the school raised over $2,000.