Fun Fair
One of the prices you pay as a parent is the joy of fundraising for education. Fundraising can come in various forms from selling cookies, chicken, or gift wrap to doing activities like fun run/walks or attending luaus. Plus there's the dreaded Scholastic book fair (they do it 3 times a year, and we spent $50 for the first one)! Yesterday I had the joy of Fun Fair. The kindergarten class does bake & popcorn sales. So, I spent a fair amount of time and money on butter mochi and brownies. Then I went to the fair and spent more on $20 worth of scrips, $7 at the cafeteria on food, and $10 on snack pacs fundraiser for the preschool class. And they say public education is free... HA!
Overall he had a good time. The cafeteria food was actually ono. The only issue I had was with the obstacle course, which I didn't realize was a competition. So when we went to do it, the guy at the booth had his kid (a 3rd grader) race against mine. Talk about unfair. Needless to say, I knew it would end badly and it did. There was some crying, although he's getting much better at stopping quickly.
My mood: good