The Saturday of Grandpa's visit dawned COLD! We were up bright and early for the final football game of the season. Grandpa told Cedar to score a running touchdown and to catch the ball for a touchdown. He did it! He was so proud after the game, "Grandpa! I did it! I scored a running and a catching touchdown just like you said!"
Next up on the list of fun things to do: The Panther Creek State Park Halloween party. The state park that is five minutes up the road from us is really a treasure. Sometimes it seems it's a hidden treasure. They put on some really great kids programs. They aren't very well advertised so there isn't a lot of people there, which is good and bad. Really it's too bad that more people don't come, but for us it the best.
They had crafts.
A fire for roasting marshmallows.
A picture spot.
A real pumpkin pinata. This was one of the coolest ideas I have seen. They took a real pumpkin, hollowed it out. drilled 4 holes to string a cord through and under to hang it up by then filled it to the brim with candy, stuck the top on and hung it from a tree.
Needless to say it was a huge hit.
There was even a hay ride with lots of friends.
As if that weren't enough for one day, we came home and got to celebrate Aspen's birthday. She wanted a dark chocolate cake with dark chocolate frosting and chocolate chips. I called it death by dark chocolate.
As soon as the kids finished their cake, they were costumed and out the door to see if any of our neighbors were home. (They weren't.) But this didn't deter them. They had it on good authority which was the best neighborhood in town to trick or treat at. Luckily we have some friends who live in that neighborhood, so we didn't feel too intrusive as we parked at their house to start the night. I didn't get any pictures of them trick or treating. Maybe I was pictured out. But my excuse is that they were too fast to get any good shots. As soon as we parked they were out the door on our neighbor's lawn waiting in line to get candy. By the time the rest of us got out of the car they were three houses down.
They were right about this being the best neighborhood. For Tennessee the yards were relatively flat and close together. They came how with quite the haul!
2 comments:
I love the activities at the park! And Aspen looks so much like a little you! I thought I was looking at old photos of our Sarah.
Love the idea of the pumpkin pinata. You hear about things like that and think, wow, why hadn't I thought of it - so simple but such a great idea. Brings new meaning to "smashing pumpkins."
What a fun day. Oh, and Congrats! to Cedar on his football success!
A real pumpkin pinata. Now I am thinking I should have done that for Alex's party, although the closer it gets, the more stuff I am cutting from the agenda already. Looks like a great Grandpa Bob visit, and I want a big chunk of Aspen's dark chocolate cake. I love that girl and her dark chocolate sweet tooth.
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