Fall Festival at the Reindeer Farm

An Alaskan Fall day awaited us at the ever fabulous, fantastically fun, Fall Festival at the Reindeer Farm!  We absolutely LOVE this place and this year if felt very much like a Fall Festival, sans snow!  Joining us once again were a couple of Amelia's buddies (and a buddy brother).  There was no way we wouldn't have fantastic...fabulous...fun!

While we waited for her second buddy to arrive, we saw these two!  Lucky we did as we didn't see them for the rest of the day!

No worries though as we found Kristoff later on. 

First up...Hay maze. Get to the pirate and his ship and find a chest of gold...

and a slide.

Time for some games.  First up...Ghost Toss...

Wow Wee!

Now let's spend 10 minutes thinking about the prize we want to pick.

Let's round up some pigs at the Pig Roundup Game.

Another 10 minutes thinking about what prize to get...it's serious business.   Let's take a break from games and head over to the Field of Fun.

There was salmon riding.  This looks easy...

...but salmon are slippery little devils.  Hold on tight!

Really Tight!

Off to tube rolling. I didn't get any pics of the bouncy house they did just before this as ... well...I didn't go in...but it was fun enough for them to go thru 4 or 5 times!

My favorite pic of these three of the whole trip.

This really does not seem like a good idea...

...but when you are 7 and spin around til you want to throw up ... you do what 7 year olds do...

...you get back in and go for another spin.

Hey! Let's go climb on some hay bales!

What tall (and strong) friends do for thier shorter friends.

Please...just stand still for one second...all of you. Thanks.

Ready...Set...

GO!

Back to games...how about Antler Lasso?

And chucking potatoes at Pokemon.

And zombie killing...can't forget that.

Don't forget the prize (wait 10 more minutes).

Let's practice some songs with our prize whistles.

Time for some spins on the ole' reindeer train...

Mmmmm...hot chocolate on the tractor on our way to...

Halloween Walk...

Bunny holding...

and of course..Reindeer Feeding...sort of...

...they weren't hungry at all.   Notice the antlers on the guy/girl in back...they warn you to never touch the antlers this time of year...don't think I would at ANYTIME of year :)

Time to wait ...and wait...and wait for the Pony Rides. Let's entertain ourselves with making faces.

Yee Haw! This was really the only line we waited in and since it was our last event, we didn't mind at all.

After 4 hours...it was time to head home...

...until their Christmas Festival in December!  Stay tuned!

A Halloween Playdate

We call it a playdate, but it certainly feels like a party!  Kind of making this playdate a tradition and you can see last year's HERE.   The same three of Amelia's friends, their mummies and a grand mummy joined us for the festivities.

Before the guests arrived, and before it rained, we ran out to take a few photos.  In case you were wondering, she's the American Girl, McKenna (gymnast extraordinaire).  Her "real" Halloween costume was not complete, so will have to wait to see that.

Enter if you dare...

Obviously, no party is complete without...food.

Intestine cups..

A delicious pumpkin fluff...

and a puking pumpkin...of a delicious avocado corn salsa.

An array of delectables on our cracker and cheese tray...

 Barbecued fingers... 

and Ghoulash as our main dish.

The head is not edible, but rather our traditional centerpiece...certainly is creepy!  Found deep red pears, apples and grapes for our fruit of choice.

For dessert...a glazed brownie spider cake should do the trick.

Besides the food, there were games, games and more games.  

Including the mega hit of Wrap the Mummy...

where even the mummies got into the act!

 A very disgusting game of Bean Boozled ended the games...

...of course each was followed by a hand in the cauldron for fabulous prizes. 

Even though the weather wasn't as cooperative as last year and didn't venture outside, everyone went home happy with a bag of goodies!

Thanks everyone for another great playdate!