October and Halloween fun!

 We got so caught up and busy with school and after-school sports that I was beginning to worry that we weren't going to get to do any "fun" holiday events for Halloween.  Luckily, we had one very fun fall weekend where we went to both Three Cedars Farm for a Cub Scout pack event and the Pumpkin Palooza in Downtown Plymouth in our Marvel-themed costumes.  

We went to Three Cedars Farm on a Saturday early evening before it got dark.  The popular Scout event where we get to take a hayride back to the corn maze and then make it back over to the bonfire pits for a big bonfire, s'mores, and campfire songs was one we were not going to miss!  The boys had a blast.  It was definitely cold so we only stayed about two hours, but it was the perfect amount of time to do it all.

On Sunday of that same weekend we decided to let Sean skip his flag football game so we could go to the Pumpkin Palooza.  Other than last year during the pandemic when it was a cancelled event, we haven't missed one of these since we moved to Plymouth.  And we certainly didn't want to miss it this year knowing that there's probably only a few years left of the boys wanting to participate in Halloween and costumes.  It was another chilly day so we stayed for about an hour and a half and we were able to make it to all/most of the booths participating in games and getting candy.  Janet came with us with Shelby.  It was a fun afternoon!

The boys were in the Halloween spirit and insisted we carve our pumpkins (a week early) and we didn't have the heart to tell them no.  So, after the Palooza we carved pumpkins, made pumpkin seeds, watched Hocus Pocus (in between NFL games on TV, of course), and enjoyed the rest of our afternoon.

My mom and I also enjoyed a Halloween event at St. Anne's Church in Southwest Detroit.  I usually go there every Day of the Dead on a field trip with my Spanish 3 students because they do mass in Spanish and put up a beautiful "ofrenda" every year.  But, we didn't take the field trip.  When I saw a candlelight string quartet concert being advertised at the church, I knew I needed to go.  We grabbed dinner at Los Galanes and made our way over to the church.  They did a nice program with a mix of classical Halloween pieces like Danse Macabre and songs from popular movies and TV shows.  We had a great time!

Now it felt like Halloween!