Friday night was the annual Barney, McKenna & Olmstead Summer Family Party at Veyo Pool. The kids LOVE these parties and always look forward to going to them. They always follow the same format: crawdad catching for awards, swimming, food, BINGO (the reason my kids love it so much), more swimming, ice cream and then home.
Courtney didn't want to catch a crawdad this year (can't say that I blame her any) so she and I went swimming while the boys caught crawdads. Ethan had a unique approach this year...he got right in the water and walked around trying to catch one. It worked! He caught one all on his own and it was a big one. He got the award for the "Scariest Crawdad." There were some really huge crawdads that he saw crawling in the middle of the stream. I can't believe he didn't get pinched!
We all ate dinner, which was catered by Cafe Rio. It was good food. Then it was time to play BINGO. This is a tradition and one that the kids LOVE!! They have a table set up with all kinds of games, toys and gift cards. When you get BINGO you can pick something from the table. Everything has a gift receipt so you can take it back if you change your mind. In years past we have gotten a blow-up trampoline, gerbil (which we didn't keep), Polly Pockets, race cars, and all kinds of toys. This year Ethan got a $15 gift card to Target and Courtney got a soccer ball (which we traded in on Saturday at Target when she changed her mind). It was a fun game.
After eating ice cream, the kids went swimming until we started to see lightening in the sky and they got out. We were home pretty early, compared to years past. But the kids had a great time and can't wait for next year.
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