So Much Fun

 We  had  so  much  fun last night!

 Charlie's birthday is the day after Halloween so the two celebrations usually go hand in hand.  Last night we traveled to celebrate early and attend an event at Greenfield Village in Detroit.  Our daughter-in-law called and told us she had tickets for all of us to come and experience this amazing Halloween event together.

 Dressed and ready to go!

 You'll have to excuse the quality of the pictures as we were dealing with excitement and darkness. This was our map of the village.

 Adelaide, Ceci and my daughter were studying the path.  The map is actually a nice memento but not necessary because the path through the village was marked with hundreds HUNDREDS of lit jack-o-lanterns.  As it got dark it was wonderful.

 Some excitement needs to be contained!  And yes, it was a drizzly evening that turned at times to light rain.  I brought along rain ponchos from the dollar store and we used most of them off and on.

 The evening was themed Wizard of Oz so at certain stations there were characters in costume - amazing costumes and make-up - with Did You Know sign facts.  At this we were told (if you didn't read the book) that in the movie Dorothy's shoes were ruby red but in the story they were silver. 

 The costumes were stupendous!

 There was a broom big enough for everyone!  Read the story Room on the Broom by Donaldson if you want a fun story for your littles.

 There were performances and storytelling here and there and this one had Mike completely captivated.  He wore a pirate costume and we were standing right in front and these four performers played right to our little 4 year old believer.  We stayed and stayed and stayed.  Mike refused to leave.

 Yes, he did get out of the wagon occasionally and when he did the other ten of us kept an eye out for him.  He was exactly the right age to believe everything that was happening. The station where the story of the Headless Horseman - Ichobod Crane was told was particularly spooky, it came complete with two horse riders in a very-close-to-the-audience cornfield (yes, one was headless.)  That one had Mike looking for Daddy to hold him.

Pumpkins absolutely everywhere and this was when I stopped trying to take pictures.  It was raining. There was too much excitement and distraction to fiddle with camera settings.  At this spot there was also a huge tree FILLED with lit pumpkins in the way high up branches.  It was stupendous. We were trying to figure out how to do that at home but none of us has a ladder tall enough. 

At the end as we were saying our goodbyes GIL ( Grandma-in-law) was saying that by the next morning all of this would be cleaned up and gone.  No sign of this event to be seen by morning.  Then, in two weeks it starts all over again for Halloween weekend.  Amazing!