Carnival/Cinco de Mayo Wrapup

 You know how you can go weeks without anything on the social calendar and then everything gets scheduled for the same date?  Well, that happened to me a couple of Fridays ago.  But with a little strategery and an accommodating driver I made it to multiple engagements.  Grace's school held its annual carnival, which I could not miss, especially since my mom is one of the chief planners of the event.  I got a shaved ice with every available flavor, so my day was made. The brown snow cone is the best!

 I spent quite a bit of time on the giant slide, as well.  Then I was off to the next event.

Hot-footing it back over to my school, I arrived in time for the annual Cinco de Mayo potluck, which always ends with a great pinata beat-down.  Since my friends and I are now the seniors, we waited patiently for the little ones to take their turns trying to hit the giant strawberry or chili pepper -- I don't know what that thing was supposed to be.

When it was my turn, I really whaled on that thing.

Hey, I wanted some candy! Don't judge me.

In the end, we all received our fair share of the candy.

This is definitely one of the best days of the year for me.