I must say, my daughter has been booked and busy with Halloween parties this year.
Last Friday, we attended the YMCA’s Fall Family Festival.
On Saturday, we went to a party at my daughter’s dance school.
On Tuesday, we went to the New York Junior League’s annual Lil Goblins party.
Today, Maxi played and made slime at Puzzles in Astoria. We also did some trick and treating on Ditmars.
Fun times!! Now, I’m looking forward to Thanksgiving.
We got two great pumpkins from Cityside Pumpkin Patch.
Check out the cute pumpkin Maxi created.
Here is the pumpkin my husband created.
My family and I are officially enjoying the fall season, and the countdown to Halloween has officially begun.
Last week, we went to the Cityside Pumpkin Patch in Long Island City.
The pumpkin patch also served food and drinks and had many cute and spooky areas to enjoy. They had some cool activities you could pay for, but we enjoyed the archery section, which was free with our package.
Overall a fun time!
Halloween this year was pretty amazing. It was just the right amount of activities for the entire family.
As a Halloween/Fall activity, I like to carve or decorate pumpkins. This year I didn’t get around to carving myself but we made it an activity for my husband’s niece and nephew.
I also decorated some pumpkins with some stickers.
The night before Halloween, as a date night, my husband and I did a virtual Halloween Scavenger Hunt with Watson Adventures. It was pretty tough! The hunt had a haunted theme and we visited various websites with some kind of scary involved. What made it tricky was some of the questions involved us navigating links with virtual tours and 360 views that can be difficult to find and figure out on a laptop. Our daughter was also still awake and would not fall asleep. We had the lowest score of the night but it was still fun.
The best part of Halloween was dressing up Maxine. She was the cutest baby leopard. I also had her in pumpkin pjs the night before Halloween.
On Halloween, instead of trick or treating, we did a virtual experience instead, and enjoyed a bubble show from Bubbledad. Maxine had no idea what was going on but it was cute to see all the kids who zoomed in participate in the interactive portion of the show. The kids got to make their own bubbles by using a cardboard tube, straws, and socks.
To cap the night off, I had myself a delicious treat from Pecking House.
Next year, I want to aim to dress up as a family and enjoy trick or treating or attend a party.
The Casual Explorer 