Halloween Day Fun

We started off our day, with a little walk on the Greenway.  With a storm settling in, it was kind of dark and creepy at times, not to mention eerily quiet.  There was only a few people out today.  Very Halloween like, that's for sure. 

We headed out to the library for the toddler story time.   It was so cute to see all the kids dressed up.  Here's Natalie with a friend from church, Addison.  

Trick or Treat

We were told that there were not a lot of trick or treaters in our neighborhood because of all the community activities, so we decided we would go out on the town.  Our first stop was going to be church, but due to bad weather (high winds no rain until later), they cancelled their fall festival, so we headed over to downtown Cleveland.  Every year Cleveland holds a block party.  It's apparently a big deal.  Last year, 20,000 people were in attendance.  We got there at 5pm and went to what is known as Treat Street.  It's a neighborhood in the historic district that is closed off to thru traffic.

 My little wolf. I have to brag on my face painting skills for a second. It was my first time, and it turned out pretty good in my opinion.

 This house was Monster University.  So cute. I imagine that when it got dark, they showed the movie too.

 We found another photo opportunity. This time with Mr Brown and Mr Orange.  Damien's boss lives on Treat Street.  Mars also sponsors and provides the candy for the block party downtown.

Right after leaving the M&Ms, we ran into some friends from church and soccer.  Dylan was happy to have a friend with him. 

 This house was the only house that was creepy.  They had guys in masks and chainsaws.  I was surprised when Dylan ran up to the house.  We had walked by it earlier without his friend and he wanted nothing to do with it, then all of a sudden, he's Mr Brave.  Boys.

The houses did a great job of getting into the spirit and fun of Halloween.  When you  think of a movie and trick or treating, this is what you think of.  It was right out of a movie.  I absolutely feel in love with the experience. 

We didn't stay very long as we knew it got crazy downtown. Next we headed over to Damien's co worker's house.  His co worker pulls the kids on a flat bed and takes them trick or treating.  The weather was perfect and Dylan had a blast.

Boo Bash

For Halloween this year, Dylan decided to wear one of his costumes he already had, a werewolf.  I decided Natalie would make a cute Little Red Riding Hood. 

 Natalie is not crazy about dressing up, so I wasn't sure how this was going to go.

I completed the story by being the Grandmother in the story.  Sorry, the only picture I have seeing that I am the mom and the main photographer, all I have are phone selfies.  

 The first test was Boo Bash.  Boo Bash is an annual event put on by Mars for it's associates and their families.  

Different departments did different themes.  There was the Wizard of Oz, Under the Sea, Duck Dynasty, Despicable Me, The Avengers and Ghostbusters.  Most were in dark tents and as soon as we walked in the first one, which was under the sea, Natalie started crying and put on repeat "bye bye Mommy, bye bye". You would have thought I took her to a haunted house.  This was under the sea we are talking about. They had bubbles and fish and mermaids.  All things that you would think would make a toddler happy, nope. 

 Iron Man was really cool. He was on a hydraulic lift.  When kids pushed the button in front of him, steam would come out of his hands and he would go up in the air. I thought for sure that Dylan would vote them as the best, but Ghostbusters was his pick. I am not even sure he knows who they are.

Natalie would not even look at Damien.  Either she just didn't want that image of him or she was just that terrified.  

Of course we had to get our pics made with Miss Brown and Mr Blue. Natalie of course, wanted nothing to do with them until they got out of sight, then she asked about them over and over. 

The Webb's Visit

I didn't tell Dylan that his best friend Bentley was coming. I wanted to surprise him and just in case something fell through, I didn't want to disappoint him.  

When they rolled in, Dylan was across the street playing. They stopped their van beside him and said hi.  We could see Dylan say something, but he looked confused.  Then when they turned into our driveway, it clicked.  "Bentley" he yelled.  He was so excited to see him. 

The boys played non stop.  The men got to watch a little football. While the women, got a little alone time on the greenway doing a 4 mile walk

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 Andrea gave Natalie a little sweet up do.

 oh and the girls, they got to take a little drive around the block. 

Jack o'laterns

I cannot wait until the kids are old enough to help out with this.  Every year, Dylan acts like he's going to help, until he sticks his hand in the pumpkin to clean it, ew.  Dylan's request this year was a wolf howling at the moon, so that was his costume.  Natalie requested a giraffe, which I cannot believe I found a stencil for, thank you internet.  I just did Mr. Bones for mine.  I know I complain, and it does take a long time, but I love it. 

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