Last weekend we continued to enjoy Halloween festivities and Brinleigh got to wear her costume for the first time. The Coast Guard had a children's Halloween party where the kids could run around, color, dance, and enjoy some snacks. We took Brinleigh for a little bit but it seemed like it was more for older kids, not toddlers. So on to the next one. We went to one of the daycare's in town that was having a children's party. That one had some games, face painting, and pictures. Brinleigh didn't play any games because she is still too young to understand them but she did manage to conveniently walk right into a cake walk just as it was starting. Surprisingly, she walked in the circle with everyone else while the music played (all by herself, I might add) and when the music stopped, they just so happened to pull the number she was standing on. BOOM!!!! Chocolate cupcake right off the bat.
We also decorated our pumpkins this past weekend. Brinleigh painted her mini pumpkin and Kolt and I decorated one of the big pumpkins with our plastic pumpkin parts. Then Kolt carved the other big pumpkin. The pumpkin painting didn't last long, five minutes actually. Brinleigh didn't seem to enjoy it or really want anything to do with it. She actually cried and I think it was because she doesn't like for her hands to be dirty, but I'm not 100% sure.
At work we all decided to dress as Disney characters and I chose to be the Queen of Hearts. Kolt had to work this evening and so I took Brinleigh Trick-or-Treating with my friend, Kate. Every year, Sitka does a downtown trick-or-treating event where they close off the street and all of the businesses hand out candy. So we headed downtown for a little bit between rain down pours and then came home for dinner. The trick-or-treaters started making their way around the neighborhood so we handed out candy. Then we bundled back up and headed out to trick-or-treat around the neighborhood. Once we were done, we came back home to hand out more candy.
With Halloween over now, I will officially begin my Christmas shopping and Thanksgiving Feast planning. Hope everyone had a great Halloween!
