Fishtail Family Fun Day!

Somewhere in the South East part of the state of Montana is a tiny town called Fishtail. Within that town there are 2 very sharp curves in the shape of an 'S'- so you have to be careful while navigating these extremely sharp curves, because if you concentrate too hard you'll miss the whole town.

Every year, this small town hosts an event called "Fishtail Family Fun Day". It's a day full of food, drinks, a petting zoo, a bounce house, water slide, duck race, raffle for a play house, a parade coined 'a two mile parade in a 1 block town', and vendors- lots of vendors!

About 6 weeks ago I just happened to be in City Hall paying my water bill and saw a flyer for the upcoming event. The flyer was selling vendor booths for the event.

You see, I'm not only a stay-at-home-mom, I'm a seamstress for my online store Daisies, and I'm a certified hygenist and dog groomer for my dog grooming shop Columbus Doggie Spa. So I figured this would be a great opportunity for me to spread the word about my Doggie Spa, and try to sell a few items from my Daisies shop I've had hanging around for a while.

Well, the event happened today. However we need to rewind to last night. "Could you please press the rewind button on your remote control?" Oh, sorry, we just got done watching 'The Upside Down Show' lol
Now, understand, I've been getting ready for today for over a month
It's not uncommon for my boys to stay up for as many as 2 hours playing after being put to bed. Unfortunately I don't have the space to separate them, so it happens.
Well, it just so happened, last night they were jumping and playing as usual, despite my fussing at them to knock it off, and suddenly I heard my 6 year old scream and cry like you would not believe!

Slightly irritated despite my concern, I went in to find him on the floor picking up his pillow, still howling. Apparently he was playing 'fall down' (whatever that is) and fell backward (from standing, of course) and his the back of his head on the wooden bedrail, then proceeded to roll off the bunk onto the floor.
Immediately he had a goose egg the size of a ping pong ball, and right in the middle was a 2 inch line, where the edge of the wood actually hit, which was purple, and on that purple line were 3 spots that were slowly bleeding- as if he had been poked with a pin in those spots.
His pupils were quite large, even in bright or on/off light.

I wasn't sure what to do other than keep him awake and call hubby, who, after some discussion, wound up coming home and coming to the ER with all of us.
We checked in at 2:40. We checked out 3:45.
We stopped at walmart trying to find me a tent/gazebo, cause the rain and hail from the day before made me realize I was screwed if it continued today.

We finally got home at 6. I needed to pack everything up, get the kids dressed, and drive the 30 minutes to Fishtail. Check-in was at 7.
When we got there around 8, I was glad to see that many other vendors were still working on their setup, and a couple were just getting started. Hubby and I got me set up, and I sat there sewing and mingling all day.... oh, and baking. My skin that is. As, not only did I forget the canopy til the last minute, I forgot the sunscreen completely.

So tonight, as I'm nursing my own blistering lower arms, tops of my ears, my whole neck, nose and cheeks, AND my lower lip, I'm completely and totally exhausted from no sleep last night and 7 hours of sun today, I'm extremely proud of myself for the $80 profit I brought home, and the new potential clients I met, and am now ready to go pass out in my bed.....right after I put the ice in the sink and the rag in the dirty clothes from the huge head gash Nicky just gave himself cracking his skull on his bed.
*sigh*