This Reminds Me

Our church hosts an annual Fall Festival – not a Halloween carnival, mind you – on the Friday preceding October 31.  It’s a ton of cotton candy-spun fun for everyone.  Adult Sunday School classes staff game booths for the little cowboys, farm animals, angels and super heroes, with every child the winnah of a handful of candy.

Our church youth sell Fall Festival junk food, with profits going into their individual camp funds.  Next year, Lois will be going to youth camp, too.  Cha-ching, cha-ching, she and Rachel will be working every fundraiser.  You can…ummm….take that to the bank.

Even American-themed cheerleaders need to eat.  Most cupcakes contain colors not occurring in nature – sort of like spray-on hair colors.

Eye can’t believe this is candy.

The Fall Festival really puts us in the mood for Halloween.  I won’t open our Costco-sized bag of candy until the big night, because, amazingly, I’ve noticed when opened early, it tends to “evaporate.”   (Special note for San Antonio friends:  If you have leftover non-chocolate candy that you don’t want, and you can give it to me before Saturday, 11/4, we will happily include it in our Samaritan’s Purse boxes.  I’m going to have to go to Wal-Mart and buy a ton of it Thursday or Friday.)

Rachel, Lois and Hannah will be accompanying Julia on her first trick or treat night.  She chose an American cheerleader costume, after we steadfastly refused to consider Spiderman and Superman.  We think the pom-poms finally sold her.  We know when she figures out she gets candy by knocking on a door, that doors will be knocked!

So who knows who might be knocking on your door Tuesday night, hmmmm?

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