More Halloween Fun

On Saturday morning Emma and I went to a local gardening store where they had some fun Halloween activities planned. This place was beautiful. I don't mean with flowers either. They had plenty of them, and they were pretty and smelled great, but I'm talking about pumpkins. They had tons of pumpkins. I've never seen such a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and colors in one spot. The pumpkins were scattered everywhere!! You'd think they were trying to sell them or something. =) Amidst all the pumpkins they had lots of those corny pictures that are missing the faces so you can stick yours in from behind and take pictures. There was a pirate ship the kids could climb on, and Emma definately wanted to climb. This is a girl who LOVES pirates. Remember, this is what she was for Halloween last year......so she would have been content to play on this ship all day if I had let her. Well, I didn't. I'm a mean mom I guess.

We left the pirate ship to try out the corn maze they had (actually made out of hay bales). This was a small one designed for children. She seemed to love it and thought it was funny when she'd choose the wrong path. They had a costume parade for all the kids. They all seemed to think it was fun, and Emma didn't mind that there were 3 other kids dressed up as Tinkerbell! That's right, there were 4 Tinkerbells. Emma has liked Tinkerbell for a while, but I guess with the Tinkerbell movie coming out this month that more girls want to be her. All 4 girls looked really cute (I mean what kid doesn't look cute in a costume!), but it was obvious which parent spent a rediculous amount on her child's costume. I was talking with her before the parade and laughing at the multiple Tinks around, and she told me where she bought hers and what she had spent. I don't know why she told me this, maybe she's proud that she spent so much for a costume that would be worn only a handful of times. I don't understand people like that. But I'll tell you that for spending 5 times as much as I did, her Tinkerbell was no cuter than mine. Her costume was a little more elaborate is all. All I care about is that Emma loves her costume and loves wearing it. As long as she feels like that, I wouldn't care if it was a paper bag (for a Halloween costume- I care a little more about her everyday appearance).

I didn't realize that my camera battery was low, so when it stopped working it took me a minute to figure out the reason. So, I don't have any pictures of the remainder of the activities. Too bad.

After the parade there were 3 different activities the kids could enjoy and receive candy for.
Emma listened to a story read by a pirate, colored some Halloween pictures, and tried a peanut toss game. I'm pretty sure it was luck, but Emma managed to throw a peanut through a small mouth on one of the jackolanterns she was aiming for instead of going through the top. What an arm!

The weather was perfect, and Emma enjoyed her candy! It was a great start to the day.