We made the decision over the summer that Sean would be a fireman and Evan would be a dalmatian. How cute is that?!
But, of course, since then Sean has declared he wanted to be a witch, a ghost, and a skeleton. Fortunately, all I needed to do was show him the wagon we were making and he was easily persuaded back into being a fireman. We'll let him be a skeleton in his skeleton PJ's from Old Navy at his daycare party since wearing a fireman coat around inside all day will be too much. Win-win for the both of us!
Friday after work we ordered in pizza and salad for a quick dinner, packed up the wagon and all the costume parts, and headed over to Greenfield Village for a 6:30pm entrance into their Hallowe'en event. I hadn't gone to that since I was a kid, so I had no idea what to expect. I was hoping for anything better than the Zoo Boo (that thing is seriously lame! Could we walk by animals at least??)
Oh my gosh - this place was decked out to the nines! Beautiful costumes on the employees, creative things for the kids to walk by and see including the grim reaper, the headless horseman, a spooky bridge, skits being performed, a fortune teller, pirates on the pond, etc. There was never a dull moment and everything they did appealed to all ages - not just kids!
Seriously?! Carved pumpkins hanging in a tree. How clever!
It was a beautiful fall evening. Not too chilly with temps in the 50's. The harvest autumn full moon was out.
Scott was elated to have his picture taken with the boys with Roary. So, all in all, it was a great family night!
It was a good thing because we needed it again on Sunday afternoon for the Plymouth Pumpkin Palooza event downtown. I love this event! But, I hate the time. It's from noon-3pm. Hello, nap time anyone?
We headed down a little before noon and rushed over to the Creatopia store's table so the kids could do their fingerprints. They always do fingerprints on tiny square tiles and then turn them into something for you to pick up in December. Adorable! We also were lucky enough to be first in line to see the firetrucks!
A few games of pumpkin bowling, pumpkin putt-putt, and trick or treat stations, we decided to head back home for naps. It was getting extremely crowded, as it always does. But, we left just in time to watch a local dance studio perform Thriller. Sean was in heaven - that boy loves some MJ!
We'll be hanging up the fireman coat and boots this weekend, as I'm off to Traverse City for a bachelorette party. But, I'm excited to finish off our Halloween celebrations with some pumpkin carving early next week, their daycare party the morning of Halloween, and trick-or-treating later in the evening with their cousins, Sydney and Adelaide.
Happy Halloween!
Cutest costumes! And that fire truck is incredible. I agree with you about Zoo Boo. We've went the past two years but I gave up on it this year. Glad to hear you loved Greenfield Village, we'll have to try that out!
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