The Fallons

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Touch-A-Truck

Last weekend the organization that I volunteer for, PEP (by the way, check out our NEW website), put on their 1st Annual Touch-A-Truck fundraiser. Families were invited to come and explore all sorts of different vehicles. Kids were able to climb in, touch, honk horns and take lots of photos on all the different vehicles. There was a trolley, bus, police car, big rig, tractor, trailer, scooter, ambulance and a trash truck, to name a few.....

I volunteered to make all the signs for the event which in turn meant I volunteered Todd to make all the signs ;)

My task was to sell construction hats and monster truck temporary tattoos at the event.

Thatcher and Sam did some testing of the hats pre-event

I had to work the event so Todd was in charge of the kids (Connor came along with us too).

Little Ms. Reese

The only time I EVER want to see Sam in the back of a police car is at a Touch-A-Truck event ;)

Looking forward to next year!

Friday, September 23, 2011

My Fairytale Nightmare

Our dear friend Holley invited Samantha to see the play, My Fairytale, at the Solvang Festival Theater. This was her first LIVE play and she was so excited to go!

Before the show they stopped and had dinner at Hadsten House in Solvang.

Grape juice???

Ready for the show!

Unfortunately, the play wasn't exactly a fairytale for children or really a fairytale at all. There was a short scene with the Little Mermaid but that quickly changed to a man getting picked apart by birds chanting, "I'm going to peck your eyes out and kill you," which was apparently tame compared to some of the other "un-fairytale-ish" scenes. Some play, huh?

At one point, Samantha kept asking Holley, "Are they going to get us?" and Holley thought she was saying "Are they going to get out?" So, Holley kept saying "YES, YES!" Poor Samantha was so frightened thinking the actors on stage were going to get her. And poor Holley, she thought she was taking little Samantha on a special date to her first "Disney-ish" play.

They ended up leaving the play and instead enjoyed some hot cocoa together at the concession area. Samantha was all smiles when they got home. I think she was more excited to do something special with Holley and stay out late. I think Holley may have been more traumatized than Samantha.

Thanks Holley for taking Sam! Even though the play didn't turn out how you thought it would, she (and we) are ready for you to take her on her next adventure - Rated G next time ;)