Seattle. Halloween. Day 29

Halloween in Seattle!

We have 80"s fashion and Peter Pan

He mostly was Peter Pan to be able to have the sword

which was broken by the time Halloween arrived but

with a rubber band it was good as new.....almost.

We went along as pirates.

So Andrew and I felt prepared and ready to tackle

Halloween in the big city and devote the afternoon

into the evening to festivities.  We had done some

research.  So out first stop was the waterfront.  We

stopped to take some pics for the great pirate background....

.....and had fun!

Peter pan got us!

Bobo wanted this picture,

So we walked around and could not find any festivities,

Andrew asked and we found out it was Last weekend!

mmmmm.....we found a pirate shop and seized more

picture opportunities!

"need coffee"

We look at the waterfront as just a picture taking opportunity.

On to the next event that we researched.

This is the next opportunity....a beautiful tree with fall leaves.

There was no event at the address listed.

A stop to eat at McDonalds...later I saw several pictures

of candy on my camera taken by Dev with the candy she

received at McDonalds, I wonder if she was worried she

would not see any more candy.

We finally made a hit at the downtown Children's Museum

hosting a free Halloween event.  The kids had some fun

with the different tables sponsored by different companies

with an activity and a treat...Boeing had candy that you made

into an airplane. 

They had all these rooms that represented different

countries homes and places of businesses.

 

 

Right outside the museum there was this amazing fountain that

Bobo found (after we found Bobo-who was right behind us until

he saw the fountain).

Bobo commanded the water with his sword.

There was music playing, water flowing, and Bobo was There!

Later he told me he was directing!

 

He got a little wet and we still had some trick or treating to tend to....

He told me this was his highlight on Halloween!

We thought we could still get in two more activities on the

list...but due to traffic and a bad highway accident, we could

do only one (neighborhood trick or treating), we turned off to Mercer Island,

a place Andrew wanted to check out, parked the car, and hoped for the best.

It was slow starting, we really only saw one other family,

but....we kept on and we found good houses.

They even received two toothbrushes from a dentist!

Deveraux made a change into her second costume.  She wanted

to be Betsy from a children's Book series (my favorite growing up).

She found the perfect dress and was excited.

I love seeing them at the door.  We had to keep coaching them

to say Trick or Treat when the door would open.  The first few\

houses, Bobo would say, "Could I have some candy?"  Then we

had to keep working on, 'Thank you."  But by the end of the night,

Deveraux was telling them to have a good night, she even

told someone they had a pretty house.

Wet pants for Bobo, I took his boots off in the car

and his socks were damp (from his fountain directing), but that didn't stop

some good Halloween trick or treating energy!  Bobo and Deveraux were so

was tired by the end of the night!

So we came a long way from 2 candies to all this!!!!

The negations began.  We got Bobo to sleep but Deveraux

was so looking forward to the trading part of the Halloween

tradition.  I asked Deveraux if she would take money

for the candy...no, she did not like that idea especially when the

amount was mentioned.  But then after trading was complete,

she stated to just give us her candy.  She kept a baggie full,

but said she mostly like getting the candy and then trading,

but the eating part was okay.

I discovered this on my camera.  Of course, I did not know

Andrew took this...of course I am always getting out my

camera at odd hours and odd times, but my sweet

husband blessed me by taking this all too familiar photo

of bodies strew across the bed.  The kids laughed when

they saw Sinbad (coast guard stuffed animal) sleeping with us.