More Frosty Fest Pictures

Frosty Fest 2010

Friday Evening was spent with the Gurnee Parks District for a night of entertainment and fun. The 2nd annual Frosty Fest was a terrific time spent watching ice sculptures be created, kids got to make their own, and beautiful ones to be admired. Horse drawn sleighs, dog sledding, ice sculpture painting, crafts, a snowman contest, and marshmallow roasting outside were just some of the fun activities. Indoors, patrons and guests enjoyed live music, snacks, coffee and hot cocoa. And what would Frosty Fest be without Frosty the Snowman? The children got to meet and take pictures with the Famous Frosty himself!

I manned the snack table, got to visit with many of our guests, and even got to have some quality time with Eric and Elena. Once Elena realized what I was doing, she wanted to help too...she helped herself to behind-the-counter-duty, showing kids and parents alike where the snacks were, handing them out and even making recommendations...very funny! I think she may have welcomed more people than I did! She's a natural host, that one!

Special thanks to Linda Brogren for again coordinating the event as well as my appearance, again to Christie and Lisa for all their hard work, and to my special little ladies, Katlyn and Katie, for helping with food prep. Also to the friends of Art Below Zero for their amazing work. You can see more at http://www.artbelowzero.net/

Enjoy the pictures!

The "Almost" Slumber Party

Friday night was the annual "Almost" Slumber Party for children ages 4-8 through the Gurnee Park District. This was a terrific event where volunteers get to help kids with crafts, face painting, rooms to play different games and take a bag full of goodies home, as well as enjoy an Ice Cream Sunday bar and movie. I also got to be the "lady behind the lens", capturing all of the event fun on film for the Park District.

Special thanks to Linda Brogren for coordinating the event appearance for me, Christie of Gurnee Parks and her sister Jamie for doing an awesome job facilitating the event. This was a lot of fun and I can't wait for our next event working together!

PS: Elena and Eric got to come enjoy the event which was also fun getting to see them and share that together...but it had been a long day for Elena with a lot of play with preschool and then at the gym with NO nap at all, so she didn't quite make it through everything! ;)