Meeting Cars 2

When I heard that Lightening McQueen, Mater and Finn McMissile of Cars 2 were coming to a nearby mall, I just knew that Reese would love it. Luckily, it was happening today on a day that Trevor only works half day so we waited for him to come home, and we headed out.
When we arrived at the mall, there was a small line that wrapped around a water fountain. So Reese practiced making wishes and throwing pennies in the water. Her one wish was to get lots of candy on Halloween!! Crazy kid!

Daddy trying to show Reese how to throw the pennies over your shoulder:

When I originally saw this event on Facebook, I was picturing cardboard cut outs of the cars that we could take pictures with. Nothing big, but wow was I wrong! This was an amazing event! We first got a large Cars bag with a coloring book in each bag. Then we moved over to the next table where they had a game where Reese won a color changing pencil and Trevor won crayons. Then we moved to the next table where Reese spun the wheel and won a Cars Beach Towel! And I won a car air freshener. (not as exciting as the beach towel!)

The next table was just bowls of goodies to pick from! We could each pick a glass magnet or glass key chain. Everything was fine quality! Sometimes events like this give out cheap items but not today!

Finally we made it to Mater, Finn, and McQueen, and they were amazing! They were life size and real cars!! They were seriously cool!! We were told that they couldn't be driven but that they were just huge remote control cars!! Awesome! Reese wanted to get her pictures taken by herself:

SERIOUSLY COOL, right?!

They also had giveaways for the new Cars 2 DVD that is coming out next month. We thought they said Reese's name and got all excited but it wasn't her!! :( Still a VERY successful and fun afternoon! Here is Reese carrying all her loot through the mall!!

I love events like this that surprise you with how cool they are!!