Music Boosters Family Fun Night

This even was a really fun time at the Music Boosters' Family Fun Night!

I made a double batch of these Coconut Lime Sugar Cookies for the bake sale.  (They were very good, but I didn't like the fact that they call for vegetable oil.  I try to avoid baking with oil, so if I made them again I would try to substitute something else.)

Somehow, as soon as we arrived and they saw each other, Caeden and Reece were arm wrestling on the floor of the APR.

Families could buy tickets for 50-cents, and use them towards various activities and events all around the school.  The bake sale and other food items were in the APR.  The high school gym had 3-on-3 basketball tournaments going in it.  Outside there was a bounce house (which Caeden spent 33 tickets on over the course of the night!), a ring-toss game, a 3-legged-dress-up race, and some other fun activities.  

Annah and I were in the south gym the whole evening, running the cupcake walk.  Some kids walked around our square for a looooong time, but it was worth it for a Sweet Temptations cupcake!

Two very talented high schoolers drew caricatures all evening!

The Zoo Lady and her face painting team had a long line all night.  They do amazing work!!

Lots of people bought pieces of duct tape to tape Mr. M (our band director) to the wall!

Guitar Hero

Mr. R and Addie facing off in Guitar Hero--I heard she almost beat him, but then heard he was on the most challenging level and she was on the easiest!  ;)

R to L: 

our choir director, band director, and new HS art teacher

At the end of the evening, Mr. M came running into the gym with Caeden trying to catch him.  He had stolen the pound cake Caeden bought at the bake sale.  

Yesterday, when Caeden and Sylvia came to the choir room after school, Mr. M told Caeden he was going to write a musical called, "Let's kill Caeden!"  Caeden told him he was going to write his own called, "No! Let's kill Mr. M instead!"  They decided they would both write their musicals and whoever sold the most tickets to their show got to perform it.  And, they would get to choose how they would be killed in each other's show.  Mr. M said he wanted to be chased by children no older than 3rd grade who were throwing tiny spears at him.  Maybe you just had to be there, but it was pretty funny in the moment.  These guys (our music teachers) are very silly, but are so great at getting the kids excited about music and really teaching them important fundamentals at the same time.  We are fortunate to have them in our school...death musicals and all.  Haha.

Tonight was a really neat night to see the families of our community having fun together and celebrating music at the same time!