Crazy Cold Competitive Chaotic Candy Cane Hunt

On Saturday we went to Faust Park for a Candy Cane hunt. It is a fundraiser that they do ever year to make money for carousel upkeep. Anyway, it was very cold, but despite the way they look in this picture, the girls did have fun. We got there with just a couple of minutes to spare, so we missed the instructions, and just filed in with the crowd. We walked into this big area that has all these old historic houses and were told to stay on the walkways. Then we were told to wait for the buzzer and that would be the start. We could see little candy canes all over the ground and some of them had pieces of paper on them, so we figured those were the prizes. So, we never heard a buzzer, but all of a sudden everyone just started running, so we did too! Sydney and I reached a prize candy cane right before these other people, and luckily, Sydney had stepped right on it, so we got it! It ended up being a dinky marshmallow snowman, but at least we got something! Mike and Kathryn were a team and they were in a less busy area and they got a prize ticket good for a free ice-skating session. So, it was fun, but as the post title says, kinda crazy.

They were cheered and warmed by the hot chocolate that I had brought along.

As soon as we got home, Mike left with two of his friends to go to the Big 12 Championship game in Kansas City. They had a good time but said it was very cold! He got home at 2:30 Sunday morning.