On Friday evening before Halloween, the community hosted a Fall Festival for the kids. Many organizations on post (FRG's, PTA, Girl/Boy Scouts, Chapel etc) set up booths and FUN, FUN, FUN for the kiddos. Everything was free including dinner which I'm always amazed at and the weather was absolutely perfect!
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| Ariel and Strawberry Shortcake |
Saturday was our community Trick or Treating night since Monday was a school night. The Fall Fest was organized because they didn't know what to expect for Trick or Treating. Since our community is rapidly dying, most families went to Heidelberg for Trick or Treating. I didn't feel like driving or messing with the crowds on Patrick Henry Village so we decided to stay home and see who turned up in our neighborhood. Because most of Benjamin Franklin Village consists of stairwell living, everyone comes to our Grant Circle neighborhood for the Trick or Treating in years past. Last year we were at almost full capacity with housing and the streets were packed! It was a lot of fun. This year we probably have 1/3 of the families left if not less, so you are looking at less than 30 families to pass out candy! The 10 or so families that stuck around to pass out candy had plenty to go around to the 50 or so trick or treaters who came. Our girls still had a lot of fun and had no complaints (probably from lack of T or T experience!) :)
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| Jump! |
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| We walked the neighborhood with the Dozier girls |
Once we lit our pumpkins on Saturday they seemed to mold pretty quickly. I was inside doing housework while Leevi and the girls were outside doing yardwork and I looked out the window when I heard a bunch of squeals! Leevi allowed them to smash our pumpkins and they of course had a blast (followed by a clean up!)
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| Happy Halloween! |
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