Happy Halloween!

We hope you all had a great Halloween yesterday! We had a very nice one. On Friday morning, Lily got dressed up in her pirate costume, and she and I went to Downtown Smyrna's "Casper's Friendly Castle." It was held inside the community center and is intended for young children who are not yet in school. There were a lot of little kids there and tons of cute costumes; of course, I thought Lily the pirate was adorable! She would point out all the animal costumes, and she got very excited when she saw a Mickey Mouse (4 of them), Minnie Mouse (3 of them) or Nemo (1 of these) costumes. They had probably 6 games that were appropriate for young kids, and regardless of if the child played or did well, they got candy (animal crackers, mini oreos, laffy taffy, suckers, etc) or a little toy (pumpkin necklace, bubbles, spider ring, coloring pages, etc). Lily was so sweet to tell the worker "thank you" after each game. They also had a magic show, a big inflatable jumper and an inflatable slide. Outside, they had a fire truck the kids could climb in and on. The best part was The Varsity was there handing out free hot dogs (naked or chili), chips and water; yummy! This was really a fun way to spend a couple of hours.

Since the community center is next door to the pond and park, we went there next because Lily wanted to see the ducks and fish. She also had a lot of fun playing in the gazebo and with the big frog statute. It was a gorgeous day out, so we had a great time playing for awhile! After nap time, we spent a long time on her "prise" (her playground); she still loves it. What a great Halloween!

Lily also received a cute Halloween package from Grandpops and Grandma Jan. There was an adorable little purple bat in there named "Eeks" that Lily wants to carry everywhere. There was also a little ghost that "grows" when you put it in water. I haven't shown her that yet, but I'm sure she will love it. Her favorite part of the package though...the card! It's a Cinderella card that sings "Bibbidy Bobbidy Boo" when you open it. She keeps opening and closing it for all her animals and baby dolls as she "reads" it to them. It's so cute to watch!

I wasn't able to take pictures of Lily at the festival; it was enough to keep her nearby and hold her trick-or-treat pumpkin, her pirate hat that she didn't want to wear and the little "fire chief" hats the fire department was handing out. I managed to take a few at the park, and I'll try to upload those pretty soon.